> >if neither side of an IPC connection needs [scatter/gather], then you > >don't pay the price for it. > >I'd bet the code has an "if" corresponding to the "if" quoted above. >"If"s aren't free even if the "then" clause isn't executed. Yes, there's an "if", but it's only executed once, at bind time, not for every RPC done through the synthesized path. Bryan