"I've been writing code long enough to remember when computers had 5¼-inch floppy drives and exactly zero network cards. Connectivity was a 2400 baud modem talking to a local BBS via the plain old telephone system. The notion of two computers talking to each other was conceivable-but just the two. The Internet was just a twinkle in the eyes of a few DARPA engineers."
"It's only natural that we old timers have a clearer idea of how incredibly far the technology has come. I've been writing code long enough to remember when computers had 5¼-inch floppy drives and exactly zero network cards. Connectivity was a 2400 baud modem talking to a local BBS via the plain old telephone system. The notion of two computers talking to each other was conceivable-but just the two."
REST and JSON made exchanging data and code between networked computers routine, replacing earlier arcane standards and brittle integrations. Early remote computing required complex, platform-specific frameworks like Microsoft DCOM, which handled data transformation, security, and transport but worked only on local Windows networks and was notoriously complex. Cross-language remote invocation relied on CORBA and object request brokers to make distributed code appear local. Historical connectivity was limited to floppy disks and 2400 baud modems connecting to local BBSs, making multi-machine interactions rare. Achieving remote code execution and returning results was extremely challenging before modern web standards simplified interoperability.
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