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Check-in Number: 524
Date: 2001-Jun-27 23:10:01 (local)
2001-Jun-27 21:10:01 (UTC)
User:simons
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Comment: Added comment about SunRPC.
Tickets:
Inspections:
Files:
ossp-pkg/srpc/EVAL      1.13 -> 1.14     5 inserted, 7 deleted

ossp-pkg/srpc/EVAL 1.13 -> 1.14

--- EVAL 2001/06/27 21:07:36     1.13
+++ EVAL 2001/06/27 21:10:01     1.14
@@ -108,13 +108,11 @@
 
 
 o SunRPC
-  rfc1050.txt
-  rfc1057.txt
-  rfc1790.txt
-  rfc1831.txt
-  rfc1833.txt
-  rfc2203.txt
-  rfc2695.txt
+
+  The "original". While the RPC mechanism itself is fine, proven and
+  widely available, the API for the programmer is insufficient: SunRPC
+  does not support any asynchronous message passing in a sensible way.
+  Furthermore, the standard dictates the use of XDR.
 
 
 o DCE RPC, ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/DCE/

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