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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social

Possibly unpopular opinion: shared-memory IPC is not only faster than sockets, pipes, and messages, it is also easier to do correctly!

jul 31, 2025, 6:19 pm • 0 0

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wmblathers.bsky.social @wmblathers.bsky.social

I can't speak to popularity, but that statement gives me stress.

jul 31, 2025, 6:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social

What's stressful about it?

aug 1, 2025, 10:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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wmblathers.bsky.social @wmblathers.bsky.social

Shared-memory IPC is probably the one I'm most likely to mess up.

aug 1, 2025, 10:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social

All you need is a mutex or a semaphore in the shared region!

aug 1, 2025, 11:40 pm • 0 0 • view