For this, we needed a wire protocol. After surveying available options,
it was decided to implement an XDR-like protocol code generator
in portable AWK. It now has two backends, per each of:
- xF, the X11 frontend, is in C, and is meant to be the primary
user interface in the future.
- xP, the web frontend, relies on a protocol proxy written in Go,
and is meant for use on-the-go (no pun intended).
They are very much work-in-progress proofs of concept right now,
and the relay protocol is certain to change.
By default it's a mere thousand connections, which is unnecessarily
crippling our advertised ability to handle lots of them.
Thanks for the advice, Lennart.
I'm not entirely sure, but it looks like some people might not like
jokes about the Holocaust.
On a more serious note, the project has become more serious over
the 7 or so years of its existence.
