[taspeotis]

    PHP is a great tool that is virtually unmatched in its domain - ie. ‘slap a script on a server and have it run’.
    The problem is that PHP’s idiosyncrasies make it awkward and sometimes even painful to program in.
    ... [Slash] is a language that lets you achieve results quickly while being a joy to use.

You can slap a script on a server and have it run because of PHP's ubiquity. This language has none of that.

It seems like a non sequitur to say "PHP is really easy to get started with ... but my language is cleaner!"

It could be said that PHP's biggest feature is its install base. Nothing is going to "succeed" it until it gets past that.

[jawngee]

No, you can slap a PHP script on a server because of how easy it is. I mean, there's a reason its ubiquitous right?

    > sudo apt-get install php5
    > *slap script on server*
    > ???
    > profit

[Macha]

There are many cheap shared hosts that allow you a server to slap PHP scripts on without giving shell access. That is why PHP is popular. And setting up a secure shared environment is more work for the hosts than apt-get install php5.