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OpenSSL has proven itself to be security issue riddled, unmaintainable, bloated. It's only lasted so long because people had the impression it was good, but it has proven itself unreliable
Paraphrasing, there are only two types of important projects, security issue riddled, unmaintainable, bloated ones, and those that nobody uses.
That doesn't mean things can't get better. Rust is a step in the right direction
Hope so. But I will be convinced when it passes through the growing phase.