[astrodust]

Versus native Python and Ruby, perhaps. Versus PyPy and Ruby Motion? Probably not.

[untothebreach]

I think what the parent comment meant was that the "official" PHP would catapult past the "official" python & ruby.

[codygman]

I believe the correct way to refer to them is not "official", but "reference". The reasoning for this being that most languages encourage others to implement a compiler/interpreter.