> Under the same logic, would you call fetching static file "RPC call"? What about fetching a static file via FTP (per my other example) or Gopher -- is this RP

> Under the same logic, would you call fetching static file "RPC call"? What about fetching a static file via FTP (per my other example) or Gopher -- is this RPC as well? Fetching stuff over FTP, Gopher or HTTP is not RPC per se. Just as merely using classes, or not using classes, doesn't mean that you do or don't adhere to OOP. > In general, do you think it is possible at all to have a request/response protocol which is _not_ RPC? RPC means that you call functions that require remote execution similarly to the way you call local functions. If what you are doing doesn't fit that paradigm semantically, it isn't RPC.