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> I'm starting to feel that a lot of software that has been around for 10+ years and is commonly used does not live up to current best practices regarding writing good system-level software.

I get the impression that this applies to openssl far more than other software. The code base is a mess, and it's security sensitive. So people dare not touch it.

It's a shame that there isn't a better incentive for this particular code base to be fixed.



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