Have you used OpenSSL? It sucks. The API returns strange and inconsistent error codes. Error reporting was terrible. Strange non orthogonalities abound. It is a

Have you used OpenSSL? It sucks. The API returns strange and inconsistent error codes. Error reporting was terrible. Strange non orthogonalities abound. It is a lesson on how not to design an API. The only reason it got traction was it was first and no one bothered to do better.