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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XSelectNextEvent()
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Date: 13 Mar 89 23:09:06 GMT
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    If I can (and I can) build my program with no other network protocols 
    than the X Window System Protocol-V11, it will be portable on ALL
    X11 platform.

We knew people would fall into this trap.  It's very unfortunate.  Just as
the world needed a unifying window mechanism, the world needs a unifying RPC
mechanism.  Trying to use the X server as the RPC intermediary for things
it shouldn't be involved in is a mistake, plain and simple.  You may think
it expedient (and it probably is), but it's still a mistake.