This is true. But it's HN so if you say that, you have to dress it up a bit, throw in some jargon and name-drop some computer scientists -- "Turing-complete" co

This is true. But it's HN so if you say that, you have to dress it up a bit, throw in some jargon and name-drop some computer scientists -- "Turing-complete" counts for both categories, and is even somewhat relevant to the topic. It's also not true. "Infinite are the arguments of sages," I hear, or something to that effect, but the distinguishing mark of expertise is not being able to offer an unqualified endorsement of any position. The element of your comment that I find most concerning is that, after five years of using a programming language, I feel that you should be aware of its major flaws. Probably the minor flaws too. You should be aware of how it differs from other equivalent tools. And, if you don't know that, then the content of your post should not be "PHP is good," but "Why is PHP considered to be bad?"