[kentonv]

No modern RPC system attempts to transparently emulate a local procedure call. Everyone who is seriously using these systems understands that an RPC is not equivalent to a local call. Everyone understands that the network introduces a host of new failure modes that must be considered, as well as latency and concurrency. RPC systems are used to simplify protocol development but it is understood that these are still protocols and they don't magically solve everything.

> that is exactly what ONC RPC does, and that is exactly what ASN.1 does, and that is exactly what DCS does.

Simply put, Protobuf and gRPC do it better. The developer experience is much better. The tooling is much better. The implementation is better-optimized. It's not a new concept, it's just a better implementation. That's all there is to it.

But anyway, Buf is not re-inventing this wheel, it's just building on Protobuf and gRPC. It seems like your beef is with Protobuf and gRPC, not Buf.