Yes, it was a real issue. I have once had the misfortune to have to work on such a project, it was the by far hardest legacy code base to understand of any I ha

Yes, it was a real issue. I have once had the misfortune to have to work on such a project, it was the by far hardest legacy code base to understand of any I have seen (even compared to those written be self taught PHP guys or those from academia).