Edit edit: the voting is up and down, I can only assume that ~ 50% of this community just don't care about facts and would rather subscribe to witch hunts.
He seems like he does. You might notice I never said no PHP apologist understands PHP, but rather contradicted your (frequently posted) lie that PHP detractors don't understand PHP. Of course, he doesn't offer an actual rebuttal to much, mainly just "well yeah it sucks, but I know it sucks so its ok".
And from what I've been seeing, PHP's most ardent critics have little hands-on experience with PHP, itself.
Edit: see this http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4198900 current rambling nonsense I'm having to contend with.
Edit edit: the voting is up and down, I can only assume that ~ 50% of this community just don't care about facts and would rather subscribe to witch hunts.