"Mark A. Heilpern" <heilpern@MINDSPRING.COM> writes:
> >How standard are they? The nice thing about SYSV IPC is that it is
> >supported on just about every unix system in the world. I've heard of
> >RPCs in general, but are you referring to a specific library? Where
> >would it be available from? If it isn't POSIX or reasonably common
> >then a lot of the use is lost since it would increase the minimum
> >level of ability necessary to install; I'd like to keep it as simple
> >as possible.
>
> Very; in fact, with the possible exception of Windows 95 and straight DOS,
> I'm not aware of any system that doesnt have RPC's. It's on every real flavor
> of Unix, its on Win NT, (might not be on MacOS), and it's on a menagerie of
> embedded operating systems as well :)
What function calls? Is it pre-installed, or a library available from
somehere? I'd like to see some info on this before I go out and buy a
book.
Back to the original topic of this thread. The code is working well
but I've yet to interface it to circle.. but that's a small thing for
the most part. SysV IPC is working great and is proving quite
reliable. I'll try to post something on it soon.
--
James Turner turnerjh@pattern.net UIN: 1102038
http://www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/~turnerjh/
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