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> > I'll confess to being unfamiliar with ONC-RPC, but if it is only available > > on UNIX, that doesn't quite cut it. > > It is the underlying serialization (XDR) and remote procedure protocol > (ONC RPC) for the widespread NFS remote file system protocol, and is > documented in RFCs 1014 (XDR) and 1057 (RPC). And was available on PCs (and ISTR Macs too) at the time those two RFCs were published ... > > Also, if it is unable to handle > > serializing complex graphs of data in a manner that is portable across > > platforms, that also doesn't quite cut it. > > COmplex graphs, no. XDR serializes the usual primitive types, strings, > fixed- and variable-sized octet sequences, fixed- and variable-length > homogeneous arrays, structures, and discriminated unions. So it can > pretty much encode trees, but not arbitrary dags. Encoding DAGs is an "exercise for the reader", as they say. I've seen it done in dozens of ONC-RPC applications. Turns out not to be very necessary, though. - Dave
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