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I'm speaking specifically of linux/unix message queues: Richard Stevens book APUE, seems to not like Message Queues, as much as FIFOs, especially IIRC, FIFOs w
by billfruit 6y ago
I'm speaking specifically of linux/unix message queues:
Richard Stevens book APUE, seems to not like Message Queues, as much as FIFOs, especially IIRC, FIFOs work on file descriptors and therefore works nicely with poll/select and also since destruction of FIFOs is handled more gracefully as the connected programs terminates. Is that view still holds good?
I wonder if that view still has currency?
- vorpalhex 6y agoWe normally use message queues when we have a distributed problem involving multiple nodes where you can't typically push a file descriptor. A FIFO is still basically a message queue though it has less semantics than we'd typically see.
- wbl 6y agoAll the System V IPC things are ugly ducklings imho.