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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: RPC Mechanisms (was: Re: [PATCH] bug in latest cvs
From:       Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl () lkcl ! net>
Date:       2004-09-25 20:24:24
Message-ID: 20040925202424.GJ19543 () lkcl ! net
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> On Saturday 25 September 2004 00:41, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > @begin rant
> >
> > _why_ the hell is KDE using some cooked-up RPC mechanism that's so
> > damn
> > prone to developer errors because it doesn't have any TYPE CHECKING!
> >
> > _why_ wasn't something sensible like DCE/RPC used ESPECIALLY when
> > there's http://sf.net/projects/freedce????
> 
> FreeDCE depends on a dce threads emulation library that's coded on top
> of 
> linuxthreads. Not too portable as it is.

 yes, i know.

 that's the first thing i want to get rid of.

 luckily we have the assistance / guidance of one of the original
 developers.

 l.

 
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