> It operates on bytes and not on objects, so a custom protocol is needed on top of it. That's why typed channels are useful, at least at the copying level (wh

> It operates on bytes and not on objects, so a custom protocol is needed on top of it. That's why typed channels are useful, at least at the copying level (when it's more than just an array of lockable memory addresses underneath--data has to actually get transferred)--the typing is the message delimiter, which itself is the protocol.