RPC is a protocol that allows you to send messages between computers. It can be used in languages like C, F sharp and rust or any other language. You don't have to publish an NPM package for each message it emits. neo of them also allows people to write plugins in whatever language they want. There's even a project called fire which lets you just use neo Vim in text boxes in your browser.
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with TJ DeVries about his work on Neovim, programming in Lua, the benefits of RPC, live streaming your work day, and PDE.
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