multi_threaded_token_ring

Inspiration

playing with sockets in my networking class

How it works

its a simulation. load a text file with three 4-digit port numbers per line. each line is a node, with node port number in the middle, previous on the left, and next on the right. uses loop back address to exchange a token which can be snatched and used to transmit a message to another node in the ring

Challenges I ran into

making a monitor

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

inter-process communication and shared data

What I learned

all kinds of cool stuff in python, and a lot about the pthreads API for c, and a lot about what doesn't work

What's next for multi_threaded_token_ring

add protocols to mend it when it is broken