[zeromq-dev] TCP vs IPC on common host

[Iggy Philly]

I'm trying to understand the differences between using TCP and IPC between processes on the same linux host. I've seen various indications that the TCP and IPC infrastructures are the same so I'm wondering if there is any significant performance difference between the two protocols on the same host machine. Does the TCP protocol still go through the network stack if both ends are on the same host? Or could I expect performance to be similar? Thanks! 		 	   		  
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