On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:33:24 -0600 (CST), Brandon <blanu at uts.cc.utexas.edu> 
wrote:

> > Ooohhh! Client protocols! Adam and I were just talking about that.
> > 
> > I'd like a slightly modified version of Whiterose's binary protocol
> 
> I am very much against both binary client protocols and making up our own
> client protocols.
[...]
> > This can be implemented much more quickly than a text-based,
> > base64-encoded protocol, which is why I like it.
> 
> That's short term thinking. I'd rather have a protocol which gets the most
> usability over time.

I'm with Brandon on this.  What he fails to mention explicitly is that
while a binary protocol handler is easier to code up in most
languages, an existing protocol with plenty of existing code is even
easier.  I want libfreenet to support whatever client protocol we
agree on, and I'd much rather make function calls to an existing
protocol handler than parse the crap out myself.

-S

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