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Xref: sserve comp.unix.solaris:42494 comp.unix.internals:8828 comp.unix.programmer:27362 comp.unix.sco.programmer:490 comp.os.linux.development.apps:4835 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3735 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!isar.de!alanya.m.isar.de!not-for-mail From: lupe@alanya.m.isar.de (Lupe Christoph) Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.sco.programmer,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: POSIX Threads package for ix86 and SPARC Date: 22 Jul 1995 13:38:58 +0200 Organization: Guru, Inc. Lines: 23 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3uqo0i$16m@alanya.m.isar.de> References: <3u0n48$89l@kruuna.helsinki.fi> <3u98kq$p38@mystech.mystech.com> <3uk201$reo@cdn_mail.telecom.com.au> <3umcpv$2p8@teal.csn.net> bediger@csn.net (Bruce Ediger) writes: >rmaco@gauss.ma.rmit.edu.au wrote: >:jcrupi@mystech.com wrote: >:: We are using Solaris 2.4 threads, which are pretty easy to use. >:: To make our RPC server multi-threaded, all we do is make the following >:: call : > [...] >:The prefered standard for RPC calls using threads is a standard know as DCE >:(Distributed computing Environment). According to the FAQ, DCE is available >Why do you say this? DCE stuff is slow, complex and poorly integrated, >as anyone who's ever used it knows. *And* it is not compatible to ONC RPC. The bad thing is there is not one but a whole bunch of things all called "RPC" (ONC RPC, DCE RPC, M$-Win RPC I recall; there's probably a few more). I wonder how many people believe they work together. -- | lupe@alanya.m.isar.de (private, I.S.A.R.) | GAT d-- -p+ c++(+++) | | | l- u+(++) e++(*) m+ | | | s-/+ n+ h f* g+ w+ t+ | | Non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem. | r+ !y |