[bheadmaster]

> at which point it would have been easier to just use tcp

Funny, I always used ZeroMQ as a message-oriented TCP-like protocol that reconnects automatically.

> It's great if you are completely incapable/incompetent of solving the problem properly.

Oof. I think it's great if you don't want to mess with low-level socket details and just want to write a actor-like messaging protocol.