Server-communication-protocol documented anwhere?



Am 15.10.04 19:49 schrieb Abdulhaq Lynch:

> On Friday 15 October 2004 18:04, Gottfried Helms wrote:
> 
>>Well, the subject says all.
>>
>>After understanding, that the kernel is a server-process
>>(disguised as a client), and can be accessed by winsock
>>and port-definition (thanks for the hint, Abdulhaq),
>>I'd like to know about the communication protocol.
>>Is there some documentation around?
>>
> 
> 
> The protocol hasn't been documented as far as I know - I'm currently 
> investigating by trial and error. If you want I can email you a python 
> script that communicates with Maxima using Expect and regular expressions, 
> which will save you a few hours or so.
> 
> Abdulhaq

Yes, would be nice! Is python somehow understandable for
an old fortran/pli-1/pascal/delphi-programmer? Well,
I'll try. The first problem, that showed up, when I
found some LISP-sources/some scripts connected with
maxima, was that there are seemingly 3 parameters of
any message. Is it so?

Kind regards -

Gottfried