Am Sonntag, 25. Mai 2008 schrieb Mag Gam:
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> what is faster as in performance wise -- a Unix socket for a
> 127.0.0.1(loopback connection)?
If there is any difference at all, the Socket should be faster. It is a
data-stream in the "virtual" file-system.
The loopback needs to create IP-packets. But the optimization might be very
high, so you maybe won't recognize any difference.