[cassepipe]

I was curious so I went and found this : https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/tor

[shrimp_emoji]

```

Benefits of I2P over Tor

...

Java, not C (ewww)

```

Excuse me?

[owenmarshall]

I feel like “written in a memory-safe language” is a fair selling point, especially when we are talking about a tool designed to accept completely untrusted data from the network and keep you safe from attackers with significant resources.

[chasil]

All of the "boring crypto" has been written in C.

https://cr.yp.to/talks/2015.10.05/slides-djb-20151005-a4.pdf

Unfortunately, Java encryption libraries are far from boring.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bouncy-castle...

https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-7637...

[Avamander]

People have done a lot of things, the track record so far has shown that to be a terrible idea.

[ravenstine]

If you really dislike Java that much, there are other I2P implementations like this:

https://github.com/PurpleI2P/i2pd

[gloria_mundi]

On the same site:

> Benefits of Tor over I2P

> ...

> - C, not Java (ewww)

It's a joke.

[SolarNet]

It's joke that every one will hate one or the other. They make the same joke the other direction.