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How fast are Linux pipes anyway? (2022)

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257 points keepamovin | 1 comments | 22 Jun 25 07:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lukeh ◴[22 Jun 25 21:15 UTC] No.44350352[source]▶
Does modern Linux have anything close to Doors? I’ve an embedded application where two processes exchange small amounts of data which are latency sensitive, and I’m wondering if there’s anything better than AF_UNIX.
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themerone ◴[23 Jun 25 01:55 UTC] No.44351861[source]▶
What are Doors, it's too common a word to Google.
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1. kjellsbells ◴[23 Jun 25 02:51 UTC] No.44352084[source]▶
Lightweight IPC invented by Sun.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doors_(computing)

Look for Doors solaris and there are quite a few articles.