PHP 7.0.0 Release Announcement

Some enlightening performance comparisons:

    - https://kinsta.com/blog/hhvm-vs-php-7/
    - http://talks.php.net/fluent15#/

PHP 7, in addition to give the language some nice new features and deprecating some ancient garbage, is lockstep with HHVM performance-wise. It's definitely a major milestone in the language's history.