Reliable message queue (was Re: ANN: Python Spread Module 1.1 Released)

[Aahz]

[just reposting this under a different Subject: because this topic has
been discussed recently]

In article <mailman.1021668360.22742.python-list at python.org>,
Guido van Rossum  <guido at python.org> wrote:
>
>I've released version 1.2 of the Spread Module for Python:
>
>    http://www.python.org/other/spread/
>
>About the Spread Module
>-----------------------
>
>This package contains a simple Python wrapper module for the Spread
>toolkit (see below).  The wrapper is compatible with Python 2.1 and
>2.2.  It wraps Spread mailboxes and messages in Python objects with
>appropriate methods and attributes, and turns Spread errors into
>Python exceptions.  Virtually all Spread features are accessible from
>Python.
>
>About Spread
>------------
>
>From the Spread website (http://www.spread.org):
>
>Spread is a toolkit that provides a high performance messaging service
>that is resilient to faults across external or internal networks.
>Spread functions as a unified message bus for distributed
>applications, and provides highly tuned application-level multicast
>and group communication support.  Spread services range from reliable
>message passing to fully ordered messages with delivery guarantees,
>even in case of computer failures and network partitions.
>
>Spread is designed to encapsulate the challenging aspects of
>asynchronous networks and enable the construction of scalable
>distributed applications, allowing application builders to focus on
>the differentiating components of their application.

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