Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.016 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; '"if': 0.04; 'cpython': 0.05; 'chime': 0.09; 'received:209.85.210.174': 0.13; 'received :mail-iy0-f174.google.com': 0.13; 'approaches.': 0.16; 'some.': 0.16; 'thunderbird': 0.16; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'windows': 0.26; "i'm": 0.26; 'coding': 0.28; 'bit': 0.28; 'subject:some': 0.30; 'time;': 0.30; "didn't": 0.31; 'familiar': 0.32; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.33; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'named': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.34; 'someone': 0.34; 'too': 0.34; 'google': 0.35; 'else,': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'received:192': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'could': 0.37; 'some': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'more': 0.61; 'show': 0.67 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=2K/V0y5YiJ8V3zhh+s30pnP/UDegCSZv+ydIRYTkOu0=; b=ZWldrHPuDuYQh3z1Q6Pbt7Stecf4NBs+ebIMx+aP8D5xzZZ0yU/2jZ3KCmJWaha72+ keAKGJs9qygKjEE+Ij8N/H2OSueyuRAvakxZoIpBXRUTB3uuiHlZsG9aRz28rQO2HRXM iKyjJ4Em2OVQme0fCKNBM9xIwIviibcUrrmgc= Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:05:28 -0600 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110922 Thunderbird/7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "comp.lang.python" Subject: Re: Need some IPC pointers References: <3519788.203.1322688146008.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqfv40> In-Reply-To: <3519788.203.1322688146008.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqfv40> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 11 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1323180338 news.xs4all.nl 6884 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51517 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:16733 What about named pipes? I don't mind a bit of "if Windows do this, else, do that" as long I'm not coding two or more completely different approaches. I'm not too familiar with named pipes, though; perhaps someone with some experience could chime in. Apparently this didn't go through to Google Groups the first time; it may show up twice for some. -- CPython 3.2.2 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17640 | Thunderbird 7.0