in reply to Highly efficient variable-sharing among processes

no interprocess communication if possible

That only leaves having a copy of the hash. A copy made by fork won't actually take up any additional memory (until a change is made to the memory page).

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Re^2: Highly efficient variable-sharing among processes
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 29, 2016 at 15:46 UTC
    That only leaves having a copy of the hash.

    Of course it doesn't. You've heard of shared memory?

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      Shared memory is a way of interprocess communication
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        Correction:

        Shared memory is can be a way of interprocess communication

        But the processes sharing memory do not have to communicate anything between them; the memory remains shared and readable by one without the other being in any way aware of the read.

        To both processes, the memory is a part of its process, and neither need communicate to the other in order to use it.

        No communication; no IPC.

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