Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!BU-CS.BU.EDU!bzs From: bzs@BU-CS.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Need information on NFS Message-ID: <8612201638.AA08140@bu-cs.bu.edu> Date: Sat, 20-Dec-86 11:38:28 EST Article-I.D.: bu-cs.8612201638.AA08140 Posted: Sat Dec 20 11:38:28 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Dec-86 22:04:59 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 11 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa >I really question whether RPC can be considered OS independent. It is way >too big for microcomputers. An acquaintance involved with NFS (who has >never worked for Sun) gave me an estimate recently that a client side alone >would take 100K of machine code on a Mac. Two years ago most higher level languages other than BASIC were too big for micros. I think this problem will vanish shortly by itself. 100K? that doesn't sound very big. A $1K Atari/St has 1MB of memory. -Barry Shein, Boston University