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From: GNU Hurd wiki engine <web-hurd@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:08:35 +0000
Subject: web commit by NealWalfield: Create.

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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.
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