[dcc2] Multi file sends

[Ben Damm]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 04:19:36AM -0000, codemstr at ptdprolog.net wrote:
> > Well said.  I deal with XML every day and wouldn't blink twice over
> > using it in a new protocol.  The ability to extend the schema with new
> > data while retaining compatibility is quite attractive.  There are so
> > many XML parsers out there that really, depending on one would not be a
> > big drawback for any project.
> 
> Any project? Be careful what you say. I don't know of many cell phone IRC 
> client developers, or PDA IRC client developers who would agree with you.

Thank you for pointing that out, I wasn't really looking at this from a
resource perspective.  We must come from very different professional
backgrounds, as I work almost exclusively on servers running Java.  In
that environment, the extensibility and utility of XML outweighs the
cost of using an XML library every time.  My interest in IRC programming
has always been about writing bots that provide services and not
clients.

-Ben