From: ian dacek Date: 2007-01-18T14:06:04+09:00 Subject: Re: local interprocess communication ideas. James Mills wrote: > So, with all of that info, what does the community recommend for a > lightening fast interprocess communication method? > Depending on the size of your messages, why not use UDP and your own simple message format? You'd eliminate the overhead of TCP, not to mention the bloat of XML. You could send the data for the serial port with a header or Ruby code prepended, then interpret the header or eval the code... -ian