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authorGNU Hurd wiki engine <web-hurd@gnu.org>2007-08-20 11:08:35 +0000
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+An IDL is an interface definition language. The most well-known is
+CORBA. An IDL compiler takes a specification and generates stubs
+that hide the transport details. In the case of [[MIG]], this
+hides the marshalling and unmarshalling of parameters according
+to Mach's semantics. \ No newline at end of file