[hcarvalhoalves]

> People like to argue the superiority of languages, but at the end of the day if the result in PHP is the same as it is in Ruby & Rails, Java, .NET or whatever, does it really make what the language is?

At the end of the day, every program is a stream of bits too. That doesn't diminish the importance of programming languages as a tool for reasoning, managing complexity and avoiding common mistakes.

As the industry shifts from deliver something that sort of works to deliver something with these assured characteristics, programming languages designed around enforcing desired qualities will be of immense value.

> Another good point is the efficiency of a developer working in PHP.

Compared to what? Depends on the developer and problem domain.

> The language is easy, it's so easy to be a PHP master after a few years working in the language.

You can master any language after a few years.

> It's easy to find super-talented PHP developers compared to any other language.

Data?