This reminds me of the "PHP Is Not An Acceptable COBOL" article from not too long ago. If the entire PHP core language team just dropped the project tomorrow, I

This reminds me of the "PHP Is Not An Acceptable COBOL" article from not too long ago. If the entire PHP core language team just dropped the project tomorrow, I wouldn't be at all sad to see the language wither and die. The lack of PHP would be a net gain for the developer community.