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From: marc@apollo.HP.COM (Marc Gibian)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: How Do Interface Description Languages Work?
Message-ID: <45a2db57.18268@apollo.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Sep 89 17:05:00 GMT
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Reply-To: marc@apollo.HP.COM (Marc Gibian)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Apollo Division - Chelmsford, MA
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One well defined IDL that I have experience with is the Network
Interface Definition Language, or NIDL, that is part of the
Apollo NCS product.  NIDL is used to isolate the application
implementor from the nitty gritty details of using the NCS
RPC mechanism.  It makes for very fast implementation of
distributed, heterogeneous, applications as well as fast
modification of conventional software to distribute the
application across multiple nodes/platforms.

Marc
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