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Re:Should I rewrite the whole PHP codebase to Python? by darkxanthos on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @03:47PM (#5488548)
Never EVER "redesign the whole system from scratch". There are years (usually) of history documented in code in a legacy system.

I've heard this over and over and have experience with projects where this was attempted. It's never gone well.

"...the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make: They decided to rewrite the code from scratch." -Joel Spolsky

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html

Also read: http://timross.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/if-you-must-rewrite/

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