2k requests might range from nothing to to hard, depending on what the page does.

A simple PHP page 10 years ago on a low-end server using mod_php could do 100k+ rps. Add more logic to it and performance will decrease.

I feel you could be exaggerating just a little. :D

All languages can be used by everyone.

That is probably false for all practical values of "used".

Elaborate? Every language can be used, I stand by that statement. Sure they have very differing levels of easiness to start with but all are usable regardless.

Here's what you originally wrote:

> All languages can be used by everyone.

Now consider brainf#ck.

You see? For all practical values of used not every language can be used by everyone.

This is of course an extreme outlier (but absolutely not the worst I think) but there is a spectrum, or rather field of possibilities.

PHP is trivially simple to get started with. A teenager can manage to do it alone.