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+# Syndicate/rs
+
+A Rust implementation of:
+
+ - the Syndicate network protocol, including
+ - a high-speed Dataspace indexing structure (see
+   [HOWITWORKS.md](https://git.syndicate-lang.org/syndicate-lang/syndicate-rkt/src/commit/90c4c60699069b496491b81ee63b5a45ffd638cb/syndicate/HOWITWORKS.md)
+   from `syndicate-rkt`),
+ - a standalone Syndicate protocol *broker* service, and
+ - a handful of [examples](examples/).
+
+![The Syndicate/rs server running.](syndicate-rs-server.png)  
+*The Syndicate/rs server running.*
+
+## Quickstart
+
+    git clone https://git.syndicate-lang.org/syndicate-lang/syndicate-rs
+    cd syndicate-rs
+    cargo build --release
+    ./target/release/syndicate-server
+
+## Running the examples
+
+In one window, start the server:
+
+    ./target/release/syndicate-server
+
+Then, choose one of the examples below.
+
+### Producer/Consumer (sending messages)
+
+In a second window, run a "consumer" process:
+
+    ./target/release/examples/consumer
+
+Finally, in a third window, run a "producer" process:
+
+    ./target/release/examples/producer
+
+### State producer/consumer (state replication)
+
+Replace `producer` with `state-producer` and `consumer` with
+`state-consumer`, respectively, in the instructions of the previous
+subsection to demonstrate Syndicate *state replication*.
+
+### Pingpong example (latency)
+
+In a second window, run
+
+    ./target/release/examples/pingpong pong
+
+and in a third window, run
+
+    ./target/release/examples/pingpong ping
+
+The order is important - the difference between `ping` and `pong` is
+about who kicks off the pingpong session.
+
+### Performance note
+
+You may find better performance by restricting the server to fewer
+cores than you have available. For example, for me, running
+
+    taskset -c 0,1 ./target/release/syndicate-server
+
+roughly *quadruples* throughput for a single producer/consumer pair,
+on my 48-core AMD CPU.
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