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Article #115Re: Client/Server - rpc
From: Bill Turner
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 22:05
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 22:05
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Carl Ellison (cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com) wrote: > The bad point is that while the callee is doing its thing *and* while that > call is being transmitted *and* while the reply is coming back, the caller > is twiddling its thumbs -- either literally spinning or doing a task > switch. This is why DCE requires multi-threading, at least in the server. If you can multi-thread your client, then you can (potentially) be doing useful processing while waiting for the request to process. --Bill Turner (bturner@cv.hp.com) HP User Interface Technology Division, Corvallis
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpcvusn!hpcvusc!bturner From: bturner@hpcvusc (Bill Turner) Newsgroups: comp.client-server Subject: Re: Client/Server - rpc Message-ID: <1992Oct13.220503.21827@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com> Date: 13 Oct 92 22:05:03 GMT Article-I.D.: hpcvusn.1992Oct13.220503.21827 References: <7201@transfer.stratus.com> Sender: nobody@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com (Nobody - UID must be 99999) Distribution: usa Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: hpcvusc.cv.hp.com X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5