in reply to Re: Re: Child reading from Parent
in thread Child reading from Parent

I'm not sure what your statement about files making a poor IPC choice is based on. I consider the ability to stop the process by touching the file a feature.

Files are simple and portable, and don't require a lot of extra modules to be compiled. This monk stated he is on Windows, so his options are limited, especially if he cares about being cross-platform.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Child reading from Parent
by steves (Curate) on Feb 20, 2003 at 02:42 UTC

    I meant in general. Without locking there's no synchronization. And their availability to the rest of the world can be viewed as a feature or a downside depending on the problem being solved. I can tell you from experience that they do not scale well for large systems. That doesn't mean they aren't right here. Just offering a point of view ...

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