definition of an RPC system

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 05:16:43PM +1030, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> David Allan Finch wrote:
> 
> >Richard Sharpe wrote:
> >
> >>Hmmm, I think you need to tell us what you think an RPC protocol is?
> >>
> >
> >An API which is design to make a remote resource look
> >like a local one.
> >
> Hmmm, I think that this is far too broadbrushed anb approach. An in any 
> case, an API is not an RPC protocol.

a better way to put it is,

"A runtime library and development enviroment which is
designed to make a remote ..."

lkcl