ZeroRPC and IronPython

I'd love to use the excellent zerorpc for my project that uses IronPython, but it doesn't seem to be supported.

I tried to download the zip source for zerorpc

and run

"C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\ipy.exe" setup.py install

      

        
        
        
      

    

but I can see it along the way:

warning: build_py: byte-compiling is disabled, skipping.

      

        
        
        
      

    

This does not contradict the answer: Fast and scalable RPC between C # and CPython .

My question (s):

• Is it possible to run zerorpc with IronPython, and if so, can you give me a hint how to do it?
• If not, are there any other equivalent packages that would provide functionality in IronPython? Here's a list here: What is the current choice for RPC in Python? but does anyone know if any of these work with IronPython?

Update 2 Following @PawelJasinski's suggestion and his updates for pyzmq ironpython-backend, I've tried the following:

• IronPython 2.7.5b2 or newer installed
• Installed 32 bit version of zeromq from http://zeromq.org/distro:microsoft-windows
• Debug ironpython-backend
  
  from https://github.com/paweljasinski/pyzmq/tree/ironpython-backend
• In pyzmq
  
  dir runipy.exe setup.py install --user
  
  
• Clone zerorpc from https://github.com/dotcloud/zerorpc-python
• In zerorpc-python
  
  runipy.exe setup.py install --user
  
  
• Set the environment variable: set PYZMQ_BACKEND=zmq.backend.ctypes
  
  
• Trying to use the example of the "Cooler" class from https://github.com/dotcloud/zerorpc-python working withipy.exe -X:Frames cooler.py
  
  

(cooler.py):

class Cooler(object):
    """ Various convenience methods to make things cooler. """

    def add_man(self, sentence):
        """ End a sentence with ", man!" to make it sound cooler, and
        return the result. """
        return sentence + ", man!"

    def add_42(self, n):
        """ Add 42 to an integer argument to make it cooler, and return the
        result. """
        return n + 42

    def boat(self, sentence):
        """ Replace a sentence with "I'm on a boat!", and return that,
        because it cooler. """
        return "I'm on a boat!"

import zerorpc

s = zerorpc.Server(Cooler())
s.bind("tcp://0.0.0.0:4242")
s.run()

      

        
        
        
      

    

Now I see this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\nlindop\AppData\Roaming\Python\IronPython27\site-packages\zmq\backend\select.py", line 26, in select_backend
  File "C:\Users\nlindop\AppData\Roaming\Python\IronPython27\site-packages\zmq\backend\ctypes\__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\nlindop\AppData\Roaming\Python\IronPython27\site-packages\zmq\backend\ctypes\constants.py", line 16, in <module>
ImportError: No module named ZMQ