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To be fair, OpenSSL was first released in 1998. We didn't have fast memory-safe languages back then. Java existed, but was incredibly slow.
by Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
To be fair, OpenSSL was first released in 1998. We didn't have fast memory-safe languages back then. Java existed, but was incredibly slow.
- jeffbee 4y agoThe function in question was written in 2020. OpenSSL 3 is an incompatible major rewrite undertaken during 2018-2021 and there is no no valid excuse for why language quality was not improved at that time.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y ago> OpenSSL 3 is an incompatible major rewrite Oh snap I didn't know that, and I probably should have. TIL. Then yeah, you're right. It probably should have been written in Rust.