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Post #204,823
by Simon_Jester
4/26/05 2:57:03 AM
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New Re: RPC means...?
Remote Procedure Call - a way of allowing an outside source to run an 'executable' on a box. Both Unix and most databases support them.

Not sure if Postgres supports it or not.
Post #204,825
by dws
4/26/05 3:12:48 AM
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New When you hear "RPC", it makes sense to ask about context
There's classic RPC, and there's the "RPC" used as a general label for "I'm here, and I need to get a message to there (and maybe back)". There are a bunch of approaches the the latter problem, depending on those pesky details.
     C# -> Linux Perl RPC? - (broomberg) - (21) - April 25, 2005, 10:05:38 PM EDT
         RPC means...? - (dws) - (15) - April 25, 2005, 11:32:30 PM EDT
             Re: RPC means...? - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - April 26, 2005, 02:57:03 AM EDT
                 When you hear "RPC", it makes sense to ask about context - (dws) - April 26, 2005, 03:12:48 AM EDT
             Low volume - interactive - (broomberg) - (12) - April 26, 2005, 06:48:51 AM EDT
                 SOAP is a dirty word - (admin) - (11) - April 26, 2005, 07:07:13 AM EDT
                     REST in the ease of HTTP - (FuManChu) - (1) - April 26, 2005, 11:05:43 AM EDT
                         Yep, that's what we support here. -NT - (admin) - April 26, 2005, 01:39:57 PM EDT
                     Agreed - (ben_tilly) - (8) - April 26, 2005, 01:38:27 PM EDT
                         Irony can be so ironic... -NT - (admin) - April 26, 2005, 01:40:08 PM EDT
                         Sure it stands for something - (tuberculosis) - (6) - April 26, 2005, 02:03:33 PM EDT
                             Come on, you can do better than that: - (admin) - (5) - April 26, 2005, 02:10:59 PM EDT
                                 I suppose - (tuberculosis) - (2) - April 26, 2005, 02:15:30 PM EDT
                                     ROFL -NT - (FuManChu) - April 26, 2005, 02:27:57 PM EDT
                                     That works -NT - (admin) - April 26, 2005, 03:43:09 PM EDT
                                 Surely Over Agitation Pleases - (pwhysall) - April 26, 2005, 02:20:34 PM EDT
                                 Simple Operations Are Perplexing -NT - (ben_tilly) - April 26, 2005, 04:34:35 PM EDT
         OT: could you get rid of the animation in your icon - (Arkadiy) - (3) - April 30, 2005, 12:08:30 PM EDT
             Use your browser features to disable that. - (Yendor) - April 30, 2005, 02:27:43 PM EDT
             Somewhat changed. -NT - (broomberg) - (1) - April 30, 2005, 05:57:05 PM EDT
                 Oh yeah, that's just lovely (new thread) - (tuberculosis) - April 30, 2005, 06:08:46 PM EDT
         I recently had to do something like that. - (static) - May 5, 2005, 07:14:35 PM EDT

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