From 7bb8b4f04a5906a46beb6e5c09b1178d27067ced Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:34:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] better description of Foolscap in README --- relnotes.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt index b8408d5c..05e02706 100644 --- a/relnotes.txt +++ b/relnotes.txt @@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE Tahoe is a "from the ground-up" rewrite, inspired by Allmydata's existing consumer backup service. It is primarily written in Python. -It uses the Foolscap library [10] which provides a remote object protocol -inspired by the capability-secure "E" programming language [11]. Foolscap -allows us to express the intended behavior of the distributed grid directly -in object-oriented terms while relying on a well-engineered, secure transport -layer. +Tahoe is based on the Foolscap library [10] which provides a "translucent +remote object protocol" inspired by the capability-secure "E" programming +language [11]. Foolscap allows us to express the intended behavior of the +distributed grid directly in object-oriented terms while relying on a +well-engineered, secure transport layer. The underlying networking is provided by the Twisted library [12]. Computationally intensive operations are performed in native compiled code, -- 2.45.2