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| == About Nanomsg |
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| NOTE: The latest release of nanomsg is {{ site.latest }}. |
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| *_nanomsg_* is a is a socket library that provides several common communication |
| patterns. |
| It aims to make the networking layer fast, scalable, and easy to use. |
| Implemented in C, it works on a wide range of operating systems with no further |
| dependencies. |
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| The communication patterns, also called "scalability protocols", are basic |
| blocks for building distributed systems. |
| By combining them you can create a vast array of distributed applications. |
| The following scalability protocols are currently available: |
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| * PAIR - simple one-to-one communication |
| * BUS - simple many-to-many communication |
| * REQREP - allows to build clusters of stateless services to process user requests |
| * PUBSUB - distributes messages to large sets of interested subscribers |
| * PIPELINE - aggregates messages from multiple sources and load balances them among many destinations |
| * SURVEY - allows to query state of multiple applications in a single go |
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| Scalability protocols are layered on top of the transport layer in the network |
| stack. |
| At the moment, the _nanomsg_ library supports the following transports |
| mechanisms: |
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| * INPROC - transport within a process (between threads, modules etc.) |
| * IPC - transport between processes on a single machine |
| * TCP - network transport via TCP |
| * WS - websockets over TCP |
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| The library exposes a BSD-socket-like C API to the applications. |
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| It is licensed under the |
| https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/blob/master/COPYING[MIT/X11 license]. |
