[basex-talk] A new C++ client

[Ben Engbers]

Before I started developing the R client for BaseX several years ago, I 
used to program regularly in SWI-Prolog. And I always wondered 
afterwards about the possible benefits of using Prolog in combination 
with XQuery. So after I finished developing RbaseX, I started developing 
ProBaseX.

I did not manage to set up a connection in Swipl. Therefore, my initial 
plan to develop ProBasex entirely in SWI-prolog was changed to a plan to 
first set up a connection in C++ and then use that connection. This work 
eventually resulted in a linux shared library that implements the full 
server protocol. I will now use that library for further development work.

LibBasexCpp and the test program libBasexTest.cpp are now on the 
Internet: https://github.com/BenEngbers/libBasexCpp

I am curious to see if this library fills a need and if it makes sense 
to continue working on a dual platform version.


Ben Engbers