Because of a lot of beginners use it, and a lot of people laughed at eevee's "fractal of bad design" rant from nearly 3 years ago, and most peoples' understandi

Because of a lot of beginners use it, and a lot of people laughed at eevee's "fractal of bad design" rant from nearly 3 years ago, and most peoples' understanding of PHP is as old as the minimum version supported by WordPress :|