newbie: interprocess communication under windows

[Cameron Laird]

In article <3E47EC70.2D3392F at engcorp.com>,
Peter Hansen  <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
>yaniv wrote:
>> 
>> i would like to create a simple interprocess communication
>> mechanism(under windows) that could pass a data structure between a
>> dos program( that runs on windows) and a python program .
>> 
>> the rate would be something around 20hz - data structure is small , a
>> few floats .
>> 
>> is memory mapping a good way to do this ?
>> how do i do it ?
>> psuedu code would be appreciated .
>
>Can the DOS program use sockets, for TCP/IP communication?
>That or the use of UDP might be the simplest approach...
>
>-Peter

Right; people certainly do mean different things by "DOS".

In the absence of sockets, which I agree are the first
possibility to explore, my guess is that even yucky FAT can
support a simple-minded external-file write-and-read at 20
Hz.
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