>You said you had already tried UDS

i dont think that either uds or sockets are good for that, but ok that may be wrong

>I am currently reworking the architecture so that you can drop in any transport layer that you want to
>use - I have a demo using SysV message queues, and I can't wait to hear your comments on that one.

cool

>The basic architecture of my code is useful for a preforking server, regardless of the transport layer.
>For someone who doesn't even know what select does,
>you seem to be pretty good at pointing out why code you don't understand is unsuitable for your purpose.

sorry about that, but i read the pod, and thats what i took as source for my opinion, but nevertheless i will try your module, and maybe then, if i ever get it running with pipes, will compare the speed and reliability of both. But sure, your way is an easy one.