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# Metacall # Metacall
A while ago I needed to find a simple cross-platform IPC library to use for one of my projects. After a good amount of Many winters while ago I needed to find a simple cross-platform IPC library to use for one of my projects. After a good
searching, I was disappointed to discover that although there were lots of libraries for handling IPC, all were very amount of searching, I was disappointed to discover that although there were lots of libraries for handling IPC, all
"enterprisey", had a lot of dependencies, and generally difficult to integrate into my simple console application. were very "enterprisey", had a lot of dependencies, and were generally difficult to integrate into my simple console
Basically, I wanted to use something that was easier than raw sockets/pipes, but conceptually simpler than a gigantic application. Basically, I wanted to use something that was easier than raw sockets/pipes, but conceptually simpler than
platform-specific monster like [WCF](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Communication_Foundation). Before long, I a gigantic platform-specific monster like [WCF](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Communication_Foundation). Before
came to the realization that there was nothing left to do but write to this library for myself. I called it "Metacall" long, I came to the realization that there was nothing left to do but write to this library for myself. I called it
to reflect the use of C++ template metaprogramming in its implementation, combined with the notion of "calling" "Metacall" to reflect the use of C++ template metaprogramming in its implementation, combined with the notion of
functions over the TCP/IP sockets. "calling" functions over the TCP/IP sockets.
Metacall was designed with the following principles in mind: Metacall was designed with the following principles in mind:
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* Do prefer simplicity over a complex feature set. * Do prefer simplicity over a complex feature set.
* Do keep boilerplate code requirements to a minimum. * Do keep boilerplate code requirements to a minimum.
This page is still a work in progress, check out the [code repository](https://github.com/FooSoft/metacall/) for the ## License ##
time being!
MIT