[cap-talk] "Comm system"

[Ka-Ping Yee]

Kevin Reid wrote:
> Mark Miller said yesterday that he thought "comm system" was too
> generic, that there are too many things it could refer to.
[...]
> He suggested the term "remoting system". "remoting" is an unfamiliar
> term to me, and I'd like to hear others' thoughts on these choices of
> terminology.

Zooko wrote:
> How about "remote object protocol"?

I like this much better.  It is more specific and meaningful than
both "comm system" and "remoting system".

(I sympathize with Mark's concern than "comm system" could refer to
a modem or a pair of semaaphore flags, and also see no reason why a
golf club cannot be described as a "remoting system" for golf balls.
The use of "remote" in this context as a verb is beyond abhorrent.)


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