> WordPress doesn’t need much from the language and has always been conservative in adopting language features. Server performance and security are what pull WordPress in; language features are pushed harder by frameworks like Laravel.

I'd love to hear the opinion of some of the other PHP CMS and eShop platforms as this seems like a whack justification. Because if you didn't need much from the language, upgrading *should* be easy and straightforward. As the surface you rely on is minimal.