[arch-general] [OT] What is wrong with DBus anyway?

[André Ramaciotti da Silva]

On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 04:42:25PM -0200, Denis A. Altoé Falqueto wrote:
> (...)
> 4. There are other IPC mechanisms
> 
> Yes, there are. But I think that each one has some drawbacks too.
> CORBA, for example, is too heavy for simple use (Gnome developers can
> tell a good story about that). XMLRPC needs a HTTP server or something
> like that and the overhead of the communication protocol is not very
> efficient for local use. Maybe there's another IPC mechanism that is
> good, but maybe it doesn't have everything that DBus have (for
> example, activation of daemons on demand).
> 
> (...)

I believe these aren't the 'other IPC mechanisms' they were talking about.
What about FIFOs and sockets?