php's popular because it's easy to get started. name a file .php and put it on your shared host and your code runs. unfortunately php doesn't get anything els

php's popular because it's easy to get started. name a file .php and put it on your shared host and your code runs. unfortunately php doesn't get anything else right. i say this having used php for years. eventually you find that it wastes more time than it saves in the beginning. it is a terrible language with a terrible history, and i expect the future to be similar.