*Is* there a way for C/API multiple processes to share a single #𝚙𝚒𝚐𝚙𝚒𝚘𝚍 instance?

#RasPi #RaspberryPi

So, I'm liking #𝚙𝚒𝚐𝚙𝚒𝚘 for some of its capabilities, but not so much other aspects. Like the bits of incorrect #documentation (𝘦.𝘨., a #dutycycle is a 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, not a range), the lack of examples, and (most of all) the apparent inability to have multiple concurrent C/API processes accessing the #GPIO because #𝚐𝚙𝚒𝚘𝙸𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚎() starts the #𝚙𝚒𝚐𝚙𝚒𝚘𝚍 dæmon and fails if it's already running.

Where can a n00b #Pi GPIO hacker ask about these things?