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From: kentq@world.std.com (Kent J Quirk)
Subject: Re: a cute hack -- delegation after doesNotUnderstand
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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 01:42:58 GMT
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I have heard of the same technique being used to implement distributed 
computing.  Objects residing on other machines across the net have a 
"dumb" object locally whose only method is doesNotUnderstand.  This local 
object packages up the original message, sends it to the "real" object, 
collects the result, and then answers the result.

*Poof*.  Redirection across the net with no changes to the parent source 
code.


