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> Name an alternative that can be cheaply bought on any stupid webhoster out there.

That's not really germane. PHP is perfectly awful -- it's a security disaster, like BASIC it's a terrible language for students (because student programmers "imprint" on their first languages), and there are many alternatives.

http://www.conigliaro.org/2011/07/22/php-considered-harmful/

http://furiouspurpose.blogspot.com/2009/06/php-considered-ha...



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