Perhaps they updated the file. I see a "This is Hack all over again, isn't it? Why would it fair any better?" section about 3/4 down. Was Hack a pain to setup

Perhaps they updated the file. I see a "This is Hack all over again, isn't it? Why would it fair any better?" section about 3/4 down. Was Hack a pain to setup? Getting P++ "for free" with PHP 8 seems convenient.