Thanks Colin. That looks like it "has capabilities". So you're looking to plumb J into that list of (quote) 30+ languages?
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Colin Ward <ward...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try zeromq. This is exactly what it was designed for - "sockets on > steroids". . I am currently looking into connecting to this framework > using calls to the C api. SHouldnt be too hard. > > http://www.zeromq.org/bindings:_start > > > On 2 January 2012 18:51, Ian Clark <earthspo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Please forgive these questions I post to the list to which I know the >> answer. Or rather: *an* answer. I learn a lot from others' responses. >> Even if it's "my way is best after all" -- that's a valuable thing to >> know. >> >> I have two separate J processes running (assume Linux / Darwin, though >> I'm keen on cross-platform solutions). They communicate by each >> writing a text file which is read by the other >> (keep-it-simple-stupid). Is there a neat, robust way of one process >> asking the other: "are you there?" or "are you still alive?" >> >> I'm au-fait with how the yellow-J works, all the solutions involving >> timer-driven duty-cycles, timeouts, and reading files written by the >> sister process, Or the files' timestamps, or permissions. But these >> all seem so clunky. I guess what I want is something that was so easy >> in the 1970s but is so awkward on today's machines: just reserve a >> pair of bits in absolute memory -- or a pair of pixels on the screen >> -- or some inessential system flags -- and play pat-a-cake with them. >> >> Once upon a time there was such a thing as "common memory". >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
