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