> why would anyone want to start something new with PHP in 2021?
What can you make in X language than I can't make in PHP? And vice versa?
Don't get me wrong, I fully support the "select the right tool for the job", there are obviously better languages and frameworks for different kind of tasks, but let's just consider the context in what PHP is usually used in.
I get that people dislike a syntax. I loathe Python, basically because indentation actually controls how and whether your software works and I can't use indentation for organizing the readability of my code.
But that doesn't mean that I would ever argue against the use of Python; again - what can you make in Python that I can't make in PHP? And the other way around still.
inb4 "But PHP doesn't do async" - [fibers](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/fibers) is a start on that journey. We've managed so far.
What can you make in X language than I can't make in PHP? And vice versa?
Don't get me wrong, I fully support the "select the right tool for the job", there are obviously better languages and frameworks for different kind of tasks, but let's just consider the context in what PHP is usually used in.
I get that people dislike a syntax. I loathe Python, basically because indentation actually controls how and whether your software works and I can't use indentation for organizing the readability of my code.
But that doesn't mean that I would ever argue against the use of Python; again - what can you make in Python that I can't make in PHP? And the other way around still.
inb4 "But PHP doesn't do async" - [fibers](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/fibers) is a start on that journey. We've managed so far.