There was nothing crippling about php5 when it came out, why would it matter now? Not having some nice-to-haves like null coalescing, return types, etc are not

There was nothing crippling about php5 when it came out, why would it matter now? Not having some nice-to-haves like null coalescing, return types, etc are not core features. The biggest php7 selling point was speed improvements, which isn't even on some lists (https://feryn.eu/blog/php-7-is-now-available-new-features-improvements/ https://feryn.eu/blog/php-7-is-now-available-new-features-im...)