This is the wrong way to think about it. Just because people can hop on one leg across the finish line doesn't mean that's a smart way to run a race.
Ask yourself this: would the Instagram team have been as successful had they chosen PHP? I think not.
Javascript is different because we're stuck with it for historical reasons but there are so many better choices on the back end that there is absolutely no excuse to start new work in PHP. Similar negligence would be considered unprofessional in any other engineering discipline.
Ask yourself this: would the Instagram team have been as successful had they chosen PHP? I think not.
Javascript is different because we're stuck with it for historical reasons but there are so many better choices on the back end that there is absolutely no excuse to start new work in PHP. Similar negligence would be considered unprofessional in any other engineering discipline.