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PHP as assembly language?

PHP does have a big advantage, it's unbiquity on low-cost web hosts that no other language can match. The downside is having to deal with PHP itself.

I'd like a platform of PHP-done-right but compiles to a set of .php files I can deploy to any webhost. I don't think this new language is it, but I'm happy to see developments.

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This is outdated, I can find you a handful of hosts that offer Perl, Python and Ruby for under five bucks a month.

Sure, they exist, but these other languages have nowhere near the ubiquity of PHP in the economy webhosting world. PHP devs have plenty of choices.

Is your webhost's DNS/email/DB service just not quite what you need? PHP devs can take their pick of a very wide selection of competing services.

Please back up what you're saying with some proof. As I said, PHP is no longer the most ubiquitous economy hosting language.

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