I'm too lazy to mess with Perl and all that C+/- stuff.
Which is another way of saying I'm not clever enough, either. I did write an enormous machine code program years ago to send and receive radio teleprinter using a BBC "B" (so you can tell how long ago that was). It worked, too. I had about ten contacts using it and decided I prefer to talk to people rather than type at them (reprise: how long ago...)