Appendix 2A Socket Application
This appendix is devoted to the implementation of the
library lib_chan, which was introduced in
Controlling Processes with lib_chan.
The code for lib_chan implements an entire layer of
networking on top of TCP/IP, providing both authentication and
streams of Erlang terms. Once we understand the principles used
in lib_chan, we should be able to tailor-make our own
communication infrastructure and layer it on top of
TCP/IP.
In its own right, lib_chan is a useful component
for building distributed systems.
To make the appendix self-contained, there is a considerable amount of overlap with the material in Controlling Processes with lib_chan.
The code in this appendix is some of the most complex code I’ve ...
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