[vox_mollis]

No, because they are both legacy software. I understand momentum in codebases - that's why I'm reserving my vitriol for fresh bluesky projects like this one.

As for exploitability, privilege escalation and shellcode injection is still very much a thing, internet-facing or not.

[leephillips]

Git started in 2005. I'm sure Torvalds knew all about buffer overflows then, but decided to use C. You seem to think this is a crazy decision.

[codygman]

> Git started in 2005. I'm sure Torvalds knew all about buffer overflows then, but decided to use C. You seem to think this is a crazy decision.

Well is it? Will it be if Linus isn't maintaining it?

[leephillips]

Linus Torvalds has not been the git maintainer for years.