Of course those people exist, and they also exist in PHP land because as soon as you start using its more advanced features it is as complex as the other mainst

Of course those people exist, and they also exist in PHP land because as soon as you start using its more advanced features it is as complex as the other mainstream languages. But I would guess that a majority of developers that are not CS researchers value simplicity over complexity, at least in theory. After all they’re just trying to get shit done.