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> On 14 Jan 2016, at 15:40, Mark Heily <mark@heily.com> wrote:
>=20
> My original comment was in the context of comparing libipc (which is
> socket-based) to Mach IPC.

You can compare your library to dbus, as it sits at the same abstraction =
level. You can=E2=80=99t really compare it to Mach IPC. API. What you =
can do is compare Unix sockets to Mach Ports if you want.  You basically =
try to rewrite dbus.=20

> That's why I'm making libipc portable, in the hope that it
> becomes ubiquitous.


It wont.=20

First of all, because dbus is already ubiquitous , and second, because =
it doesn't really solves any problems which ain=E2=80=99t already =
solved, and doesn't bring enough innovation to be adopted  widely .  It =
is not available early in boot, it doesn't support kernel endpoints, =
it=E2=80=99s simply yet another abstraction over unix sockets :P There =
are dozens of those.=20

Besides,  right now, when I need  to do IPC over Unix Domain sockets I =
can do it very simply with the help of libnv(3) from FreeBSD 11. It is =
part of the OS, in base, it is extremely simply to use,  it doesn't =
require me to install any 3rd party service like your library.