Agreed. The one thing PHP demonstrably did better than other langs (other than be a simpler Perl) was be web-first. Other langs assume you could be doing anyth

Agreed. The one thing PHP demonstrably did better than other langs (other than be a simpler Perl) was be web-first. Other langs assume you could be doing anything, and here's the extra steps necessary to make it serve pages. PHP assumes the reverse.