Subj : Re: IPC message-queues: msgrcv() vs pipes/sockets? ACE?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Ian
Date : Sun Jul 24 2005 10:23 am

Matt wrote:
> I want to implement a complex, multi-process (and multiple threads per
> process) network server system. I suspect that socket- or pipe-based
> inter-process communication (IPC) will incur too much overhead.
> 
> Will the following message-queuing mechanisms (via the msg*()
> functions) support the same capability (as sockets or pipes) with less
> overhead (ie, make the overall system go faster)? 
> 
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/ipc.html
> 
> Any other suggestions/alternatives?
> 
Try it.

Go with a simple solution based on sockets or pipes, then if it proves 
too slow, look at a shared memory based solution.

If you don't have to be cross platform, see if there is a native IPC 
layer you can use.

Ian

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