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Benefits of Programming with Rendezvous Software

You gain numerous advantages when you program with Rendezvous APIs instead of other network APIs (such as TCP/IP sockets).

Benefits During Development

•	Rendezvous software eliminates the need for programs to locate clients or determine network addresses.

•	Rendezvous software simplifies the development of distributed application systems by hiding the networking details.

•	Rendezvous software makes it easy to develop resilient systems because redundant data producers are transparent to consumers. (A producer is any program that sends data. A consumer is any program that receives data.)

•	Rendezvous software is thread-safe, so you can use it with multi-threaded programs.

Benefits During Use

•	Rendezvous programs can publish multicast messages to distribute information quickly and reliably to many consumers.

•	Rendezvous programs can use request/reply interactions, such as queries.

•	Rendezvous programs are location independent, and port easily between platforms.

Benefits as Programs Evolve

•	Rendezvous distributed application systems are easier to maintain than traditional networked application systems.

•	Rendezvous distributed application systems scale smoothly as you add new component processes.

•	Rendezvous distributed application systems have longer useful lifetimes than traditional networked application systems.

•	Rendezvous software supports many hardware and software platforms, so programs port smoothly as your environment evolves and expands.

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