WebDNA is the only scripting language that includes a built-in efficient database system, something that neither php, nor asp or coldfusion can offer. With it, we built sophisticated applications for large companies, long before php became popular. Unfortunately, high license pricing killed it and there have been no real competition for php since then. Today, WebDNA is back, for free (first version)! In my opinion, the beauty about WebDNA is that the developement team started with a small set of powerful instructions but refrained from adding more, since the existing commands allowed to build almost anything you can imagine. With 50 to 100 instructions only compared to more than a thousand for php, you can build elegant web applications in surprisingly short time. But above of all, it is fun to use: WebDNA gives me a "mac like" feeling.. :-)