Felipe Navas wrote: > I'm using the TCPSocket.send, TCPSocket.gets and TCPSocket.gets to > make communication between a ruby script and a C program in Linux. I'm > experiencing some troubles with synchronization and lag. > There is no problem with the C program; it's working fine. > > There is any buffer in TCPSocket when communicating via 127.0.0.1? > Where I can read anything about this ? You might want to be using TCPSocket#recv instead of #gets. IIRC, the latter adds a layer of buffering. -- vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407