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by zigzag312 236 days ago
> replaced by a rewrite for no obvious reason

Obvious reason is to have less bugs in the long run. Temporary increase during transition is expected and is not ideal, but after that there should be less of them.

It's not like C version didn't have any bugs:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?archive=both;d...

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> Obvious reason is to have less bugs in the long run.

The highest sounds are hardest to hear. Going forward is a way to retreat. Great talent shows itself late in life. Even a perfect program still has bugs.