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by phpnode 4441 days ago
Because to be usable it needs to be fast (and portable), and for a long time those constraints basically meant C - possibly not any more.

But let's not kid ourselves, reimplementing a library the size of OpenSSL in a new language, or even the same one, is not a trivial matter. We're talking about a $10m+ investment, who's going to pay?