Capabilities and RPC calls...
Gavin Thomas Nicol (gtn@ebt.com)
Fri, 8 Oct 1999 22:26:42 -0400
I was struck by the similarity of capabilities and the
on-the-wire format for RPC calls (where there is an
OID, and method ID, and arguments). Is this similarity
purely superficial, or could an RPC-call be though of
as invoking a capability?
Obviously, the intent of the two is quite different...
but it seems like capabilities could add a lot to
RPC and distributed object systems in general.