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by Karrot_Kream
1862 days ago
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Yeah but this is such a niche usecase. Also, Matrix uses an HTTP API and almost every language at least has a binding to libcurl, so it's trivial to get something up for Matrix as well. If you're not into the ascetic appeal of writing bytes raw onto a socket, then IRC just seems silly these days. |
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I think the point is that writing anything for anything is simpler, faster, and has fewer dependencies when parsing is easy.
> Also, Matrix uses an HTTP API and almost every language at least has a binding to libcurl.
Certainly there are advantages of using Matrix and it's HTTP compatibility to implement some solutions. However, I can also imagine some projects are best served with a simple protocol with lean libraries that don't incur unnecessary dependencies on HTTP and the related bloat and complexity.