[linux-audio-dev] FIFOs vs. sockets

Hans Fugal hans at fugal.net
Thu May 15 17:16:01 UTC 2003


On linux, which is faster, pipe, FIFO, or socket? What about shared
memory - is it faster, and if so is it faster enough to warrant the
extra programming overhead?

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