[zeromq-dev] RFC:5/ZDCF work

[Ian Barber]

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:39 PM, john skaller
<skaller at users.sourceforge.net>wrote:

>
> I agree, I'm actually a bit confused why they were dropped.
>
> I am guessing because there was only one in the library?
>

Not so much - it's more that they were very much application level
components, so didn't fit - there was a concern people weren't developing
new devices because of the built in ones (one) were seen as 'sanctioned'.



So the real problem with devices is that to use them you need
> a framework including a scheduler and integrated event driven
> operation. This is a whole level higher than 0MQ, and the result
> is no longer really a library (frameworks are anti-libraries :)
>
> Hmm ...
>
>
Build it! Demonstrate the power of felix :) Seriously, there is a definite
gap for a library of small components that solve various problems - along
the lines of the old ZFL.

Ian
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