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compiler-guylast Tuesday at 5:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

To use an illustrative (but inevitably flawed) metaphor: Using libgccjit for this is a bit like networking two computers via the MIDI protocol.

The MIDI protocol is pretty good for what it is designed for, and you can make it work for actual real networking, but the connections will be clunky, unergonomic, and will be missing useful features that you really want in a networking protocol.


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aargh_aarghlast Tuesday at 11:19 PM

Or, the obligatory RFC 1149 (IP over Avian Carriers).

jacquesmlast Tuesday at 10:28 PM

Oh come on, SLIP over MIDI is tried and true.

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