OpenSSL leaking data was a huge deal and invited a lot of scrutiny of its choice of language. The IPv6 code that leaked data is not 20 years old. The question

OpenSSL leaking data was a huge deal and invited a lot of scrutiny of its choice of language. The IPv6 code that leaked data is not 20 years old. The question deserves to be asked: why persist with C? Why handwave a discussion about securing embedded devices away (this is a very popular embedded library) by claiming it's uninteresting?