[pdimitar]

> If there's room for Javascript, there's room for PHP.

PHP doesn't run in the browser. For browser programming there's literally almost no choice. TypeScript seems to be an improvement but even that compiles down to JS. Same for ReasonML and BuckleScript and Elm.

[blunte]

My point is that both PHP and Javascript owe their popularity not due to their merits as languages, but rather to being in the right place at the right time - time and positioning.

[pdimitar]

Yeah, sadly this is true. Inertia is a much bigger motivator than merit for many. I still struggle accepting that as a life philosophy.