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Thanks for posting this. I agree with one of the other commenters that this is probably the most informative comment on the thread. (And, to be honest, the kind of answer I was hoping to get to my initial post.)

Thanks for posting this.

This is probably the most informative comment of the whole thread.

gotta love this line:

"We aim to be a drop-in replacement with bug-for-bug compatibility."

That's the best policy when re-writing or fixing any legacy system. Shouldn't be surprising at all.