[tonyedgecombe]

I wonder what it is about PHP that has led to this and whether you could recreate it in a new language without the historical inconsistencies and traps.

[danans]

Some combination of:

- fully interpreted

- very weakly typed

- highly applicable to a broadly desired use case, i.e Personal Home Pages (hence the name PHP)

It's not too different from what made Excel such a broadly accessible and impactful 'programming' tool.