[Interest] Qt5 - my hopes for when the dust settles...

[Richard Moore]

On 16 August 2012 13:12, Mark Summerfield <list at qtrac.plus.com> wrote:
> Hi Thiago,
>
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:07:08 +0200
> Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
>> On quinta-feira, 16 de agosto de 2012 10.54.30, Mark Summerfield wrote:
>> > - High-level support for client/server programming with the middleware
>> >   able to be straight TCP/IP (e.g., for LANs), OpenVPN, etc.
>>
>> More info, please. Do you mean raw sockets?
>
> I think the middleware should certainly include raw sockets as an option
> but I suppose one model is where you do signal/slot connections between
> a client app and a server app and Qt takes care of the middle bit either
> using TCP/IP or some other sensible default or using a technology that
> the developer specifies.

To be sure we're not at cross purposes, it sounds to me like you
aren't talking about raw sockets as in SOCK_RAW. Are you simply
talking about the ability to perform distributed IPC using signals and
slots?

Cheers

Rich.