Re:PHP will ruin your mind (Score 1)

I don't *blame* Perl, because I happen to like it as a language.

I also agree with you that PHP5's OOP was a mistake (actually, I believe that OOP itself is a mistake, but that's beside the point), that PEAR is crap because PHP makes is way too easy to program like crap (I enforce strict guidelines on how PHP in my projects is to be written), and that it should not be taught as a first language (I learned PHP after I learned C, so I had some structure and good programming practices drilled into me)

I have several complaints about PHP and especially with the direction the language is taking (which is why I intentionally ignored some of the comments you listed), so much so that I may even consider using Java and JSTL for web programming. (Ow! I still feel pain every time I say that.)

To directly address the Subject of this particular comment thread, PHP will only ruin your mind if you don't already have a solid grasp of what good programming is (and when you do, it might give you enough reason to NOT use PHP).