pyzmq

Connecting to a remote IPython instance

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If you want to run code in a kernel from another Python program, the easiest way is to connect a BlockingKernelManager. The best example of this right now is Paul Ivanov’s vim-ipython client, or IPython’s own terminal client. The gist: ipython kernels write JSON connection files, in IPYTHONDIR/profile_<name>/security/kernel-<id>.json, which contain information necessary for various clients … Read more

ZeroMQ/ZMQ Push/Pull pattern usefulness

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It’s not a load balancer, this was a faulty explanation that stayed in the 0MQ docs for a while. To do load-balancing, you have to get some information back from the workers about their availability. PUSH, like DEALER, is a round-robin distributor. It’s useful for its raw speed, and simplicity. You don’t need any kind … Read more

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