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by pekk 3397 days ago
On a political level, it may often be easier to justify a rewrite which switches languages to take advantage of bullet point features (promotional claims like 10x faster, totally secure, no more bugs, etc.) than it is to simply ask for time to do a rewrite, which will make many average managers start fantasizing about firing you. If you write a blog post afterward, that seems to make the company look good.