[andrew_rfc]

Apologies if my initial comment came off the wrong way; when I say “not alternatives” I was injecting bias into that statement since I normally use Cap’n Proto on embedded and memory constrained systems (amazing library btw.)

When I created Bebop years ago I tried to benchmark it against Cap’n Proto, but the lack of a semi-decent web or C# implementation mentally made me recategorize.

So I suppose I’m just comparing what’s closest in terms of ecosystem support rather than a purely functional level.

[kentonv]

Yeah that's fair, it does seem like Bebop and capnp are targeted at different use cases, even if they're both Protobuf alternatives.

It obviously doesn't make sense to benchmark a JavaScript Bebop implementation against a C++ Cap'n Proto implementation, nor does it make sense to compare against a JS Cap'n Proto implementation written by a third-party contributor that is incomplete and unmaintained... so there isn't really a sensible comparison to make.