Re: [Tails-dev] htpdate - Why the perl version?

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Dla: AK, The Tails public development discussion list
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AK wrote (31 May 2014 23:53:37 GMT) :
> Just wondering why Tails decided to uses the perl version of htpdate
> rather than the C version.


We had to modify htpdate to make it suit our needs, and it was easier
for us to modify the Perl version. Also, unless there are pretty good
reasons, using a memory safe language seems to be sensible.

Cheers!