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From: jg@crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
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Subject: Re: A tirade about inefficient software & systems
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Date: 9 Nov 90 20:41:40 GMT
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Also, at least for a conventional implementation, RPC is no
where fast enough.  X is a streaming protocol, and runs maybe
10-30 times faster/request, since the overhead is much lower.
			- Jim