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[Documentation](https://google.github.io/tarpc)
## What is an RPC framework?
"RPC" stands for "Remote Procedure Call," a function call where the work of producing the return
value is being done somewhere else. When an rpc function is invoked, behind the scenes the function
contacts some other process somewhere and asks them to compute the function instead. The original
function then returns the value produced by that other server.
[More information](https://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/node33.html)
## Usage
Add to your `Cargo.toml` dependencies:
```toml
tarpc = "0.2.0"
```
## Example
```rust
#[macro_use]