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From: joshua@athertn.Atherton.COM (Flame Bait)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: Books on RPC programming?
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Date: 2 Aug 90 22:57:18 GMT
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In article <296@uucs1.UUCP> gaf@uucs1.UUCP () writes:
>I'm rather a novice at this remote procedure call stuff (Sun RPC variety),
>and am looking for reference material.
>
>The bookstores around here don't have any titles on the subject, so I'm
>looking for some pointers to reading material from you old pros
>(emphasis on "pro", not "old").

Get a copy of the SunOS 4.1 documenation for RPC.  I thought it was
much better than the stuff available with 3.X.

Also, Springer-Verlag has a book planned for July 1990 called "Remote 
Procedure Call Programming-Writing Networked Applications" by J. Corbin.
ISBN 97247-1  (order by calling 1-800-SPRINGER).  Does anybody have
this book?  Is it any good?  What level of programmer is aimed at?
And finally is J. Corbin on the net?

I've got no connection to Springer-Verlag or Sun.  My info comes from an
ad on page 126 of the May/June 1990 SunTech Journal.  I would like to 
know if others think this book is worth getting.  Email to me and I'll
summarize to the net.

Joshua Levy (joshua@atherton.com)