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It's difficult to say without knowing more about your application.
Shared memory is generally the *fastest* means of sharing data between processes because once each process has attached the segment there is no further kernel involvement. Of course, an access control mechanism like semaphores is needed, which complicates things a bit.
Message queues are slower but easier to use as the kernel handles access control.
Russ
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Shared memory is generally the *fastest* means of sharing data between processes because once each process has attached the segment there is no further kernel involvement. Of course, an access control mechanism like semaphores is needed, which complicates things a bit.
Message queues are slower but easier to use as the kernel handles access control.
Russ
bobbitts@hotmail.com
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