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> It's far from my area of expertise, but wouldn't 20 y/o open source software as prevalent as FreeType have optimized those code paths? No, 20 y/o software ha

by nilved 10y ago

> It's far from my area of expertise, but wouldn't 20 y/o open source software as prevalent as FreeType have optimized those code paths? No, 20 y/o software had Heartbleed. Just because software is old doesn't mean it's battle-tested.

moosingin3space 10y ago
And just because software is mature, open-source, actively developed does not imply it is optimal for today's hardware. See WebRender versus GDI/GTK2, for instance.