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by kbenson 3174 days ago
I find it interesting that even though your story is about banking and finance software, you did not once mention safety or security. That doesn't magically make it a good idea to start from scratch, but unless you have a perfect security record, it should definitely be part of the deciding criteria. For something like the kernel, well they are still dealing with problems in C today. [1]

1: https://www.exploit-db.com/search/?action=search&q=kernel&g-... (answer the captcha and search again)