sendText : HostName -> .base.Nat -> .base.Text ->{IO} ()
sendText hostName port text =
  serviceName = ServiceName.ServiceName (.base.Nat.toText port)
  socket = clientSocket hostName serviceName
  send socket (.base.Text.asciiBytes text)
  closeSocket socket

base.Text.asciiBytes : .base.Text -> .base.Bytes
base.Text.asciiBytes = .base.Bytes.fromList . base.Text.asciiNats

base.Text.asciiNats : .base.Text -> [.base.Nat]
base.Text.asciiNats text =
  asciiNat : .base.Text -> .base.Nat
  asciiNat char =
    case .base.Map.lookup char base.Text.asciiMap of
      .base.Optional.Some nat -> nat
      _ -> 32
  chars = base.Text.characters text
  .base.List.map asciiNat chars

base.Text.asciiMap : .base.Map .base.Text .base.Nat
base.Text.asciiMap =
  asciiCharacters =
    base.Text.characters
      " !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~"
  asciiRange = .base.List.range 32 127
  pairs = .base.List.zip asciiCharacters asciiRange
  .base.Map.fromList pairs

base.Text.characters : .base.Text -> [.base.Text]
base.Text.characters text = base.List.unfold text base.Text.uncons

base.Text.uncons : .base.Text -> .base.Optional (.base.Text, .base.Text)
base.Text.uncons text =
  case (take 1 text, drop 1 text) of
    ("", _) -> .base.Optional.None
    (head, tail) -> .base.Optional.Some (head, tail)