AutoIt messages to and from python script

[Noviceatthis]

Hello all, 

So iv'e recently been dabbling with python and I was just wondering whether a python script and an AutoIt script could communicate with each other (without the use of a text file).

For example, take this situation:

Lets say you have an Autoit script with a string of text. This string is then sent to the python script where it is hashed. This hash is then sent back to the Autoit script.

Now I know how to do this by using a text file as an intermediary, but that seems like it would be rather slow, I was just wondering whether there was a way to do this more quickly. 

Thanks in advance

[water]

IIRC there are ways in AutoIt to hash as well.

[JohnOne]

Look for IPC keyword, there are many ways of communication.

[Noviceatthis]

@water @JohnOne thanks, i'll look into them, and I know, I was just using the hashing as an example