[neonsunset]

You do realize that you are comparing two different implementations with different type systems that use different abstractions? Clearly you can't be serious. So, unless you are being intentionally misleading, this raises questions about the quality of "PHP solution" that is being worked on.

[withinboredom]

I'm being serious in using it as an example of maintainability/expressiveness. The difference is deliberate, not accidental. I've written 15 PHP lines that would be hundreds of lines in C#, and I've written 15 lines of Go that would be hundreds of lines of PHP. Every language has its own strengths and weaknesses and levels of complexity. PHP fits into a sweet spot (IMHO) of low-levelness and high-levelness, but it is often not seriously considered due to its reputation in the 00's.