I don't know a single PHP fanboy but I know good developers who maintain PHP applications, know and hate all the problems of PHP mentioned in the article, and m

I don't know a single PHP fanboy but I know good developers who maintain PHP applications, know and hate all the problems of PHP mentioned in the article, and many more. However, existing PHP applications fulfill needs in the businesses that use them. Maintainance developers deserve respect for what they do, not the blame for decisions made a long time ago by somebody else.