24 days of Rust - zeromq

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ZeroMQ is a language-independent messaging solution. It's not a full-fledged system such as for example RabbitMQ, basically it's just a transport layer. From the programmer's perspective working with it doesn't differ much from ordinary sockets, but there's a lot of power hidden underneath. The zeromq crate is a native Rust implementation and while still lacking a lot of features, it is already usable today.

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Written on Dec. 20, 2014