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From: rhc@RCOLE.HPL.HP.COM (Robert Cole)
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Subject: Re: Status of ISO RPC
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Date: 17 Jul 89 12:22:54 GMT
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> / hpindda:comp.protocols.iso / toru@trl.mei.junet (Toru Sekine) /  1:00 am  J
un 26, 1989 /
> > Can anyone tell me the status of the ISO/IEC DIS 10148(?) that is discribed
> > about Remote Procedure Calls on the OSI, and submitted by ECMA.
> > It has expected to be adopted until on Feb '89 according to fast-track
> > procedure.  But I have never heard such a information.

> It failed the fast-track procedure and was bounced back to DIS.
> (I believe USA and UK voted no, unknown about others)  The work
> continues...

Since DIS 10148 was on the fast track, failure meant it was dropped
completely from the ISO list.

There are moves to get a New Work Item for RPC proposed at the
Florence meeting of SC21 in November. The US were trying to get a
proposal which included a revised version of the ECMA document.
The UK are hoping to provide a supporting proposal.
There are lots of issues to be addressed in such a standard before any
technical work can progress. But everyone seems keen to resolve the
issues and make urgent progress on RPC.

Robert