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I don't understand why he persisted in using OpenSSL. There may not have been a lot of alternatives ten years ago, but we developers are practically spoiled with choices now. I heartily recommend Botan, which is BSD licensed, written in C++, and has a clean API. I loved it so much I donated to the developer.

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You're only seeing the very first steps, but not noticing where the intent is.

Building an entirely new replacement implementation will fight the battle of adoption. By wrapping initially an abstraction around the existing code, you can then go back and replace the original while at the same time, keeping everything relying on the original working. If you see Marco's initial work as a "shim" to enable replacement, it makes a lot more sense.

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