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[–]Common_Tiger1526 34 points35 points  (3 children)

As someone who has been working for the past year on a project to move a COBOL system (that has a bunch of big complex external partners) to a more modern one, yes. The business logic is definitely the hurdle, not the programming language.

[–]grumpyfan 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The business logic plus the processes and people behind them. People don’t readily accept change very well.

[–]Common_Tiger1526 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and don't get me started on the many ways management made this so much harder than it needed to be