[kristopolous]

There's certainly a ton of use cases where php is a few minute job and anything else is 10x more or even longer just like is true with shell scripts and perl

Snobbery is like saying you're intellectually superior to using a specific screwdriver or kitchen knife.

[forgetfreeman]

Or they're simply committed to using the wrong tools for the job out of some misguided ideology someone else handed them when they were too new to know better.