Unix Network Programming Interprocess Communication Volume 2 (2nd Edition) By W Richard Stevens

This completely revised and updated edition presents a comprehensive treatment of every form of interprocess communication (IPC), including message passing, synchronization, shared memory, and Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs). Well-implemented IPCs are the key to the performance of virtually every nontrivial UNIX program. The book begins with a basic introduction to IPC and the problems it is expected to solve. Along the way, the reader is introduced to every current IPC technique and technology. Besides gaining an understanding of these topics, the readers will develop capabilities to create implementations of Posix message queues, read-write locks, and semaphores. It is an ideal text for computer science students for courses in network programming as well as a useful reference for experienced programmers.