On loopback you won't drop UDP packets, that's the trick ;) On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:49:14 -0400 Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think even I am getting confused. I have a group of processes on a > box that will always be on the same box, so I was looking for a fast > way for them to communicate. My options are: > > TCP over loopback > Unix Domain Sockets > Pipes > > Pipes will not fulfill my needs, so I was looking into Unix Domain > Sockets(UDS). Since there are no NIO providers for UDS, I was > interested in writing my own and that is when I posed the question to > the list. But if TCP over loopback is not going to be any faster > than UDS, then I will stick with TCP over loopback. UDP is not an > option because I cannot drop packets. > > Sorry for the confusion. I hope this clears things up. > Thank you. >
