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I'm curious why an application-layer concept such as RPC is making an appearance on a paper that discusses network architecture. Perhaps they are using RPC as a
by alexandros 15y ago
I'm curious why an application-layer concept such as RPC is making an appearance on a paper that discusses network architecture. Perhaps they are using RPC as a short hand for any roundtrip between two machines?
In any case, some background to the precise definition of RPC and why I find the use here objectionable: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/vinoski-rpc-convenient-but-flawed http://www.infoq.com/presentations/vinoski-rpc-convenient-bu...
- xtacy 15y agoThey discuss application layer concept because that's (end--end latency is) what ultimately matters. If you have a network with 1us RTT and the network stack contributes 10us latency, you have to architect the OS so that latency is minimised.