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| author |  Lisa Carey <lcarey@google.com> | 2015-02-13 16:52:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Lisa Carey <lcarey@google.com> | 2015-02-13 16:52:03 +0000 |
| commit | 907119eafd930085c8067e7bdaabbe294cef9605 (patch) | |
| tree | 5489304aea94931ad8063a8899b78e256c103901 /README.md | |
| parent | bdcda72cec23554d5ef1dd5695de9e97e8bb3235 (diff) | |
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@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ Hello World example. More documentation is coming soon! ## What is gRPC? -gRPC enables communication between clients and servers using any combination of gRPC's supported languages, helping you to build distributed applications and services. - -In gRPC, like other RPC systems... +In gRPC, like other RPC systems, a *client* application can directly call methods on a *server* application on a different machine as if it was a local object, making it easier for you to create distributed applications and services. gRPC clients and servers can run and talk to each other in a variety of environments - from servers inside Google to your own desktop - and can be written in any of gRPC's supported languages. So, for example, you can easily create a gRPC server in Java with clients in Go, Python, or Ruby. ### Plays well with Protocol Buffers @@ -68,9 +66,8 @@ languages are coming soon. <a name="setup"></a> ### Setup -The rest of this page explains how to set up your local machine to work with -the example code. -If you just want to read the example, you can go straight to the [next step](#servicedef). +This section explains how to set up your local machine to work with +the example code. If you just want to read the example, you can go straight to the [next step](#servicedef). #### Install Git |