The exciting part about XML-RPC is that it can cross programming language and operating system platforms, allowing clients and servers written in different languages to work together.

XML - RPC令人兴奋的地方在于它可以跨编程语言和操作系统平台，允许使用不同语言编写的客户端和服务器协同工作。

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XML is not tied to a particular programming language or operating system, thus it can be used as a protocol for information exchange between heterogeneous systems.

XML并不局限于某种特定的编程语言或操作系统，因而，它可以被用作异构系统间的信息交换协议。

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ODBC works by acting as a twofold interface or connector design: First, as a programming language system to an ODBC system and second, as an ODBC system to a data storage system.

ODBC的作用是充当接口或连接器，它具有双重设计目标：首先，对于ODBC系统，它充当的是编程语言系统，其次，对于数据存储系统，它充当的是ODBC系统。

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The idea, says Buell Duncan III , IBM's general manager for ISV and developer relations, is to create a network of companies large and small, which are conversant in both nonproprietary, or open, computing standards, like the Linux operating system or the Java programming language, and IBM's suite of hardware, middleware and services.

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