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

[Denis A. Altoé Falqueto]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:53 PM, André Ramaciotti da Silva
<andre.ramaciotti at gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe these aren't the 'other IPC mechanisms' they were talking about.
> What about FIFOs and sockets?

In fact, DBus is implemented over Unix sockets. FIFOs and sockets
don't define the format that will be used over them, they are just
channels of communication. DBus is a wire protocol, as they say in the
home page. It defines the format the methods and parameters should be
converted to make the communication viable, as well as an event system
so that applications can register interest in some activity.

-- 
A: Because it obfuscates the reading.
Q: Why is top posting so bad?

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