Exactly. Imagine how much harder life would be if openssl were written in Perl instead of C. It might be a self fulfilling prophecy (C is good for that sort o

Exactly. Imagine how much harder life would be if openssl were written in Perl instead of C. It might be a self fulfilling prophecy (C is good for that sort of thing because C is popular, largely in part because C is good for that sort of thing,....) but that's just how real life works sometimes.