Right on. We immediately had not totally horrible estimates for how long it would take. Further, we have always really been inspired by Joel Spolsky's article

Right on. We immediately had not totally horrible estimates for how long it would take. Further, we have always really been inspired by Joel Spolsky's article on rewrites: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html In fact, I can't help but wonder if we would have attempted a Go rewrite sooner if not for that article.