Sure, but the point remains: If you fight the operating system you WILL lose. Varnish doesn’t solve the same problem as Squid does, the author have said as much

Sure, but the point remains: If you fight the operating system you WILL lose. Varnish doesn’t solve the same problem as Squid does, the author have said as much in talks when Varnish was first released. Still that doesn’t excuse an outdated programming model in Squid.