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#108 About Zeromq

Zeromq in a nutshell with a quick test of using the library from C.

Notes

Zeromq is

  • also known as zmq, 0mq, 0MQ
  • an open-source universal messaging library - see github
  • is language and platform agnostic

Zeromq:

  • carries messages across inproc, IPC, TCP, UDP, TIPC, multicast and WebSocket
  • supports multiple messaging models: fan-out, pub-sub, task distribution, and request-reply
  • is broker-less by default (though you could build a broker with 0mq)

Checking the Library Version

The version.c is a quick check that the library is installed and usable from C. Using the Makefile…

$ make
gcc -Wall -O3 `pkg-config --cflags libzmq`    version.c  `pkg-config --libs libzmq` -o version
./version
Current 0MQ version is 4.3.2

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