Update introduction to messaging documentation

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Networking and messaging
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Although the platform does not currently provide a network backend, some preliminary interfaces are defined along with
an in-memory implementation provided for use by unit tests and other exploratory code. An implementation based on Apache
Kafka is also being developed, which should be sufficient for real use cases to be implemented in the short run, even
though in the long run a fully peer to peer protocol will be required.
This article quickly explains the basic networking interfaces in the code.
The platform defines preliminary interfaces for the messaging layer along with an ArtemisMQ implementation, and an
in-memory implementation provided for use by unit tests and other exploratory code. This article quickly explains the
basic networking interfaces in the code.
Messaging vs networking
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