I don't think that's particularly unfair. PHP has always been marketed (and almost exclusively used for) web development. But it doesn't even manage to have san

I don't think that's particularly unfair. PHP has always been marketed (and almost exclusively used for) web development. But it doesn't even manage to have sane templating. If using a third-party solution essentially becomes a choice between vendoring the solution and using package management solution, then the single advantage PHP had over other solutions is lost.