On 29Apr2012 11:42, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: | On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:45 AM, kenk <marcin.maksym...@googlemail.com> wrote: | > I've got a server process written in C++ running on Unix machine. | > On the same box I'd like to run multiple Python scripts that will | > communicate with this server. | > | > Can you please suggest what would be best was to achieve this ? | | Personally, I would recommend a TCP socket, because that allows the | flexibility of splitting across multiple computers.
And the pain of ensuring security, if you're in an open network. | But for | efficiency, you may want to consider a Unix socket too. A UNIX socket or even a named pipe has the benefit of: - not being available remotely - access control with normal UNIX permissions and of course efficiency as you say. Generalising to a TCP socket later shouldn't be too hard if the need arises. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Waiting for the bus is a bad idea if you turn out to be the bus driver. - Michael M. Butler on the Singularity -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
