From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:13:18 -0400, Barry Margolin  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Jorgen Grahn  wrote:   
   >   
   >> And there are libraries for it, ready for use. Yes, if he *needs* a   
   >> non-text encoding he should use something like that, not reinvent the   
   >> wheel (and get it wrong).   
   >   
   > I get the impression that he doesn't need a solution, he's trying to   
   > learn how this is done by doing it himself.   
      
   He could (maybe *should*) use an XDR library, and still learn how to do   
   RPC-like things. If I recall correctly, XDR can only encode primitive   
   types, so it doesn't do much of the work for him.   
      
   Regarding RPC versus text-based protocols: you seem to think his talk   
   about passing arguments (i.e. mapping command-line arguments to the   
   client into client->server commands) means he wants to play with some   
   general RPC mechanism. You might be right, but I haven't seen him say   
   so explicitly and ... well, asking the right questions is hard.   
   That is why I'm butting in to this discussion.   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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