> Why is this a service instead of just a library I can link and use however? Because every language will be implementing and providing their own, often per co

> Why is this a service instead of just a library I can link and use however? Because every language will be implementing and providing their own, often per compiler-release, and if you need to link up to get support, your editor will be limited to support only those who was built in. It's a protocol. If your editor speaks it, it can speak it to all the servers (all of which are local daemons).