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Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: RPC-esque system calls?
From: C H Forsyth <forsyth@vitanuova.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:07:10 +0100
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> I posted it to the wrong newsgroup.

no, it was a good group to choose.
if you ignore the jokey comments, read  erik quanstrom's note carefully,
and follow up his references, you'll see that plan 9 shows how to do
all that you suggest (or nearly all), simply (much less code and mechanism),
and in fact better in the abstract.

better?  take this example, for instance

> > The (ssh-like) URI idea seems to be good enough for it.
> >
> > cat anne@computer_one:/dev/microphone > anne@computer_two:/dev/speakers

See ``The Hideous Name'' (http://netlib.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/doc/85/1-05.ps.gz) for instance,
and note that it dates from 1985 -- 22 years ago!