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On Monday 18 February 2002 11:14 am, Mike Champion wrote:
> >So Why Traditional RPC? Why Web Services per UDDI/WSDL/SOAP?
>
> I didn't think there was much dispute -- this is the programming
> way
Sure, everything boils down to functions operating over data sooner or
later ;-)
> the CORBA and DCOM way, to access remote applications. It
> works well on LANs, so there's a solid base of experience to draw on
> that you can hide the network behind an RPC.
Actually, experienced programmers in RPC know that you *can't* hide
the network.... it's the biggest sin of distributed programming
newbies. Sadly, it's a very easy trap to fall into.
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