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Foil 10 Interface Definition Language (IDL)

From A Scalable Framework for Seamless Computing Seamless Computing Birds of Feather SC97 -- 18 Nov 97. by Mark Baker Portsmouth
The interface between components rather than actual code is specified.
These specifications are written in a neutral IDL that defines a components boundaries - basically its interface to potential clients.
Components written to IDL should be portable across languages, tools, OSs and networks.

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