That statement is indeed reasonable, but some of the other stuff you said wasn't.  For instance, your assertion that Ruby and Python are "tiny niche languages" is false.<p>You also used hyperbole like: "Nothing will take over from PHP. The battle is over."  It seems hard to believe that this was being said with a straight face.<p>I know how you like to jerk the Hacker News community around at times, so I thought it prudent to ask if you're being serious. :)<p>* <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1038779" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1038779</a>