On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 05:05:18PM -0200, Denis A. Altoé Falqueto wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:53 PM, André Ramaciotti da Silva > <andre.ramaciotti@xxxxxxxxx> 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? > > ------------------------------------------- > Denis A. Altoe Falqueto > ------------------------------------------- I didn't know that. Thanks for clarification. :)
