> Isn't focusing on existing utils more like a lack of imagination and OCD on optimizing a thing beyond any further value? OpenSSL is a classic counter-example

> Isn't focusing on existing utils more like a lack of imagination and OCD on optimizing a thing beyond any further value? OpenSSL is a classic counter-example. Interestingly, there are two different approaches actually happening to fix OpenSSL: - Taking the existing C code base, throwing a lot away and cleaning up the rest, e.g. LibreSSL (developed by the OpenBSD people) - Taking the TLS spec and rewriting the library from scratch in a safe languange, e.g. ocaml-tls.