> you already have bug-free code due to massive time, attention, and testing, and the rate of change is low (or zero), it doesn’t really matter what the language is. SQLIte could be assembly language for all it would matter.

This is the C/++ delusion - "if one puts enough effort, a [complex] memory unsafe program can be made memory safe"; the year after this page was published, the Magellan series of RCEs was released.

Keeping SQLite in C is certainly a valid design choice, but it's important to be aware of the practical implications of the language.