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From: KASHTAN@IU.AI.SRI.COM (David L. Kashtan)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: C binding interfaces for TCP/IP
Message-ID: <570524351.0.KASHTAN@IU.AI.SRI.COM>
Date: 30 Jan 88 06:59:11 GMT
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	>...
	>From: clyde!watmath!utgpu!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!jimp@rutgers.edu
	>      (Jim Patterson)
	>Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
	>Subject: Re: C binding interfaces for TCP/IP
	>...
	>
	>Sun has developed a definition called RPC (Remote Procedure Call)
	>which is becoming a defacto standard in some environments. RPC is
	>...
	>
	>While I've studied these protocols a bit, I don't have any direct
	>experience with them. I also don't know if anyone has implemented
	>them on VAX/VMS systems (but I suspect that this has been done).
	>...
	>Jim Patterson                              Cognos Incorporated
	>...


For those interested in such matters, SRI's MultiNet networking system
for VAX/VMS includes RPC (server and client) and XDR in a user-callable
library.

David
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