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Same here, except I prefer C since that makes it more accessible.

That would also allow others to write clients for their favorite languages.

I'd also prefer a C version, but I think it's possible to call a Go function from C [0]. I don't know how well that would work though, since Go requires a runtime.

[0] https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/cgo#calling-go-functions-f...

C also requires a runtime, it just happens to be a very tiny one.

There is also a Rust implementation of libp2p[0]. Exposing C functions from that library is probably the most "proper" way currently feasible to use libp2p from C.

[0]https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p

Simple, C++ with an additional extern "C"{} set of entry points.

C++'s improved safety over C, while providing such accessibility.

We are after all talking about network protocols, where security should be number one feature.

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