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by yjftsjthsd-h 57 days ago
> I'd rather use something written in a crappier language that has been battle-tested for decades, personally.

I don't think this is a universal rule. Something can be old but still suck (see: openssl). On the flip side, though, I'd like to see literally any evidence that coreutils has a security problem before we go jumping off onto the shiny new replacement.