Best IPC mechanism between managed C# and unmanaged C++

[Bob]

The question about IPC between managed vs unmanaged comes up once in a
while, and I generally see "Named Pipes" as the answer. But I was
wondering if there is anything new.

The app in this case will only be sharing short strings for the most
part, and the C++ part will eventually be rewritting in C#. So I'm
looking for anything that's fast and easy, but also not too ugly. Is
it still necessary to use named pipes?

[Pavel Minaev]

On Nov 21, 11:40*am, Bob <[e-mail]:

The question about IPC between managed vs unmanaged comes up once in a
while, and I generally see "Named Pipes" as the answer. But I was
wondering if there is anything new. *

The app in this case will only be sharing short strings for the most
part, and the C++ part will eventually be rewritting in C#. So I'm
looking for anything that's fast and easy, but also not too ugly. Is
it still necessary to use named pipes?

Do you actually need _inter-process_ communication? If so, named pipes
are still the fastest available communication mechanism for that, and
relatively easy to use as well, no matter whether you're using C++ or
C#.

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Bob,

I would use some managed C++ in there and use WCF to communicate between
the two apps (whether or not you use named pipes as a channel becomes less
of an issue if you use WCF). This way, you don't have to worry about the
intra-process code when you move the C++ code to C#.
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The question about IPC between managed vs unmanaged comes up once in a
while, and I generally see "Named Pipes" as the answer. But I was
wondering if there is anything new.

The app in this case will only be sharing short strings for the most
part, and the C++ part will eventually be rewritting in C#. So I'm
looking for anything that's fast and easy, but also not too ugly. Is
it still necessary to use named pipes?