Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!peter
From: peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: IPC
Message-ID: <738@nuchat.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 88 00:22:24 GMT
References: <7335@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Public Access - Houston, Tx
Lines: 13
Keywords: tools, IPC, InterProgram Communication

THe idea of a 4 character ID and a length byte sounds good. I'd like to
suggest that a single byte mightn't be enough.

IFF might be a good starting point. Each message would be an IFF chunk
containing an ID and the usual IFF data for that chunk type.

I think FindPort should be good enough for simple stuff. More complex
situations could be handled by virtual device drivers. Matt Dillon's
sample drivers seem like a good starting point.
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