Thoughts and rambling on the X protocol
Read OriginalThe article is a technical critique of the X Window System protocol (X11). The author, who worked on XCB, discusses the protocol's origins in the 1980s, its stagnation, and the proliferation of extensions to address modern needs like video and OpenGL. It examines the challenges of maintaining and working around an aging core protocol in contemporary software development.
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