"WSGI in Python gets you part of the way there, but you still need to import a library to talk to the server. This makes PHP just plain easier to get off the ground for web applications."

The first sentence is mostly accurate, but I disagree strongly with the assertion in the second sentence. Grouping related functionality into libraries reduces the cognitive load of programming. The same could be said for his assertion about the benefits of HTTP as a "first-class citizen."

I do agree that getting a PHP application running on a LAMP stack is easier than say getting a WSGI implementation up and running, but this has nothing to do with libraries.