Hence also reinventing CORBA IIOP, DCE, Apollo NCS, Xerox Courier... Actual innovation in this area seems to be limited to JS background data sync libs. Ironic

Hence also reinventing CORBA IIOP, DCE, Apollo NCS, Xerox Courier... Actual innovation in this area seems to be limited to JS background data sync libs. Ironically, reference-capable protocols like CORBA anticipated this whereas flattening it all REST-style was a step backwards.