SIMPL (Synchronous Interprocess Messaging Project for Linux) is discussed at many different levels.

At its most... More > fundamental, SIMPL is a set of library functions which allow the passing of encapsulated messages between cooperating processes.

On another level, SIMPL is an active open source project which began over a decade ago. Over the years this project has accumulated an extensive body of sample code and extensions.

SIMPL is also a great way to design software applications where complexity is encapsulated in separate, easily testable, readily extendable modules. The current state of software development is compared to the hardware world before the advent of integrated circuit chips. The term softwareIC is coined to describe the software equivalent of the integrated circuit. The SIMPL toolkit, along with tokenized messaging and the SIMPL testing framework is shown to be a great way to build these softwareICs. Several are illustrated throughout the book. < Less

At its most fundamental, SIMPL is a set of library functions which allow the passing of encapsulated messages between... More > cooperating processes. These processes may be local to one host computer or spread over a network.

On another level, SIMPL is an active open source project which began over a decade ago. Over the years this project has accumulated an extensive body of sample code and extensions. Currently SIMPL libraries are supported for C/C++, Python, JAVA and Tcl programming languages. A sample Sudoku puzzle solver project illustrates all these in a single application. < Less

At its most fundamental, SIMPL is a set of library functions which allow the passing of encapsulated messages between... More > cooperating processes. These processes may be local to one host computer or spread over a network.

On another level, SIMPL is an active open source project which began over a decade ago. Over the years this project has accumulated an extensive body of sample code and extensions. Currently SIMPL libraries are supported for C/C++, Python, JAVA and Tcl programming languages. A sample Sudoku puzzle solver project illustrates all these in a single application. < Less

SIMPL (Synchronous Interprocess Messaging Project for Linux) is discussed at many different levels.

At its most... More > fundamental, SIMPL is a set of library functions which allow the passing of encapsulated messages between cooperating processes.

On another level, SIMPL is an active open source project which began over a decade ago. Over the years this project has accumulated an extensive body of sample code and extensions.

SIMPL is also a great way to design software applications where complexity is encapsulated in separate, easily testable, readily extendable modules. The current state of software development is compared to the hardware world before the advent of integrated circuit chips. The term softwareIC is coined to describe the software equivalent of the integrated circuit. The SIMPL toolkit, along with tokenized messaging and the SIMPL testing framework is shown to be a great way to build these softwareICs. Several are illustrated throughout the book. < Less