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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada's ranking of popularity at IEEE Spectrum
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On 07/10/2014 05:16 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
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> A requirement behind rewriting OpenSSL would be to enable it's use in
> _all_ the operating systems and platforms which currently use OpenSSL.
> If this isn't the case, your replacement is destined to remain a niche
> and generally forgotten product.

This is nonsense. Even if it got only limited use, a (formally proven) correct 
implementation of OpenSSL would be better than having no such implementation.

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