I'm guessing that moving from C++ to C++ (i.e., a rewrite in the same language) would also have helped a lot. I'd guess that a same-language rewrite would have

I'm guessing that moving from C++ to C++ (i.e., a rewrite in the same language) would also have helped a lot. I'd guess that a same-language rewrite would have helped a lot for any non-trivial project mentioned in this Ask HN.