Which is better for local IPC, POSIX message queues (mqueues) or Unix domain (local) sockets?

Question

Is it better to use POSIX message queues or Unix domain sockets for local IPC communication?

I have worked with Unix sockets between machines (not domain) and I reme

Answer 1

I'd suggest looking at DBus for such an application, if only for their data marshalling and RPC like interface (both synchronous and asynchronous). It uses domain sockets natively and works really welll after an initial learning curve.