On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 01:25:02AM +0100, Martin Nilsson (�skblod) @ Pike (-) developers forum wrote:
What's wrong with the SSL module, or more to the point, what is better with OpenSSL?
What is wrong with SSL: it simply doesn't work (Pike 7.4.10 stock) - a lot of unresolved references. It was fixed somewhere in 7.4.13 and in 7.4.15 it is broken again. So - it is unstable, at least.
Additionally, it doesn't provide all the functionality which is included in OpenSSL, and, again, OpenSSL is long standing, stable project, proven.
A lot of crypto stuff included in OpenSSL is far better and more optimized comparing to original Pike stuff - this is the major point, I think.
Personally, I don't think that this is good idea - to implement in Pike everything just because it can be implemented. Some things are quite ineffective in Pike, even when JIT and optimizer are in use.
Everything which needs speed _must_ be implemented in C, everything else _may_ be implemented in Pike. IMHO, of course :)
Regards, /Al