inter-process communication

[Richard Gaskin]

David Bovill wrote:

> I'd love some more info on this....
> 
> David
>> From: Larry_R_Huisingh at rl.gov
>> Subject: RE: inter-process communication
>> 
>> Richard,
>> 
>> FWIW, I'm not sure how cross-platform it is but I've written a DLL for the
>> Win32 platform that I use to communicate between my MC app and other Win32
>> non-MC apps via "named pipes".  It seems to work really well for us.  I
>> think there might be a similar mechanism on Unix/Linux.
>> 
>> Larry Huisingh

Yes, I've been backed up on my email and just came across Larry's
tantalizing reply.

How widely supported are pipes across Wintel apps?

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