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Messaging Layer |
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Inherits lessons from previous systems:
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X11, XNS Courier, ONC RPC, CORBA IIOP, DCOM, Java RMI, DCE RPC, TCP/IP
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Contains a lightweight but powerful type system
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Support for optional and mandatory extensions
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Support for incremental deployment of independently-developed extensions
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Can serve as substrate for Java RMI, CORBA, DCOM
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Highly optimized wire protocol
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Byte-efficient and low parsing overhead (XDR based)
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Pipelining and batching
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Caching of method and resource identifiers
