The RPC system from CERN Online group
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    The files below this directory contain the Remote Procedure Call system
    which was developed at the European Particle Physics Laboratory (CERN)
    by what was then the Online Group.
    
    The files are for use without charge by those in non-profit high energy
    physics or related institutes. In principle, a these files are not
    public domain, so ask if you have a borderline case.
    
    Documentation on the system is available from Anne Perrelle,
    <perrelle@cernvm.cern.ch> in paper form, or for those at CERN using
    the CERNDOC system, in project RPC, category USER_GUIDES.
    
    	RPCINTRO	is a general introduction to RPC.
    	RPCUSER		is a user manual with examples.
    	RPCIMP		is an internals manual.
    
    The system is divided into a runtime system (under rts/... ) and a
    compiler (under compiler/...).  In these directories the C version of
    the runtime is avialble only, in rts/c/.... A set of test programs
    exist (under test/...).

    Subdirectories with the names of machines or operating systems (unix,
    os9, next, vms, msdos, etc) contain code specific to those machines,
    which is used with code in the generic parent directory to produce the
    object files for that machine.  Subtrees with directory names of date
    codes (e.g. 900731) have snapshots of the system at a certain (normally 
    tried and tested) point.
    
    IF YOU ARE TAKING COPIES OF THESE FILES,
    
    1.	Take a copy of the tree or a subtree which has a numeric date code.
    	(Eg rpc/rts/900701/...) or version number to ensure that you have a
	consistent frozen version. The raw directory tree contains the
	latest development files, which may be inconsistent or untested.
	
    2.	Mail me with your name, institute and a few details of your
    	interest, including machine types and operating
	systems. You may then (unless you prefer not) be put onto the
	mailing list for future releases, updates and bug fixes.
	
	Please report any bugs to the same mail address.
	
	Tim Berners-Lee
	CERN
	1211 Geneva 23		Email:  tim@online.cern.ch
	Switzerland		Tel: +41 (22) 767 3755 	Fax: +41(22)7677155