Re: [Gems-users] fifo buffer

[Mike Marty <mikem@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> There are many ways to connect controllers together without using the
> default network links.  One way is to extend the network code.  Another
> way is to implement a special class that extends Consumer.  You can then
> hook up your controllers to instatiations of this class that generates
> wakeups to the controllers (see TimerTable.C for an example).  This is one
> way to implement your own messaging.
>

In other words, you can implement your very own MessageBuffer-like class
that doesn't hook up to the normal Ruby network.