> systemd is written in a language that is easier than shell to get right You might regard C as easier than shell to get right (that's debateable), but systemd

> systemd is written in a language that is easier than shell to get right You might regard C as easier than shell to get right (that's debateable), but systemd has many many more lines of source code than sysvinit. Good luck debugging it at source code level on a remote system if that "very rare" event occurs.