Distributed programming

[Alex Arnon]

On 3/28/06, Ulf Wiger (AL/EAB) <ulf.wiger@REDACTED> wrote:
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>
> Joe Armstrong (AL/EAB) wrote:
> >
> > > The second... the second, is it possible at all ? Can I
> > > launch a process in another node and still let it handle a
> > > local socket ?
> >
> > yes - if you're mad
>
> Well, you'd need a proxy process handling the port.
> Unless things have changed in the past few years,
> a port cannot be controlled by a remote pid.
>
> /Ulf W
>

Oh? I thought process location is abstract :)
Seriously, though, why is this?
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