Re: gnome and ice

["Michael J. Freeman" <mikef prism net>]

Ok, so hopefully and obviously its using AF_UNIX type sockets, would it be
more efficient to use CORBA (not that i really know much about CORBA or
what i'm talking about at all but i'm trying) or shared memory (clone())?


 On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Brian L. Sellden wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> 
> > I am sure this is a stupid question but first: what is ice, second: how
> > does gnome talk to ICE?  AF_INET?
> 
> I can only speak to the first question.  ICE, or
> Inter-Client Exchange, is a framework for building
> communication protocols among clients.
> It supports authentication, version negotiation, data
> typing, and connection management.  It's part of
> the X Window System. (But you probably knew that :-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brian.
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