The documentation mentions a feature called Direct-Eval RPC[1], saying
it didn't work as planned, and is now discouraged.
What was it, and why is it now considered a bad idea ?
[1]:
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/latest/DevGuideServerCommunication.html#DevGuideDeRPC
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It had a dependency on the Sun JVM (specifically it used sun.misc.Unsafe)
There were some plans for a workaround, but for whatever reason TPTB decided
to work on RequstFactory instead. You can get the same speed advantages with
RF but there is a whole lot more boilerplate code needed (which in
