# Re: shmem in backends?

David Mosberger-Tang (David.Mosberger@acm.org)
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 23:24:01 -0700

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>>>>> On Tue, 23 Jun 1998 11:21:12 -0400 (EDT), Matto Marjanovic <maddog@mir.com> said:

Matto> Just curious (for now):

Matto> From the multi-platform compatibility standpoint, is it ok for a
Matto> backend
Matto> to be implemented using Sys V shared memory IPC (instead of
Matto> pipes, as the connection to a child reader process)?

I'd suspect problems with the OS/2 port. I suppose for a
high-framerate camera or high-end scanner this might make sense
nevertheless, but for a normal flatbed scanner, I doubt you'd notice
any performance improvement.

--david

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