Homework for RPC - CISC879
Prepared by Tam Vu --- Due March 13, 2003

In this exercise, you will have a chance to work with rpcgen, if not before :-) 
rpcgen is a compiler which accepts a remote program interface definition written in a C-like language. 
It produces a C language output that includes stub versions of the client routines, a server skeleton, 
XDR filter routines for both parameters and results, and a header file that contains common definitions. 
You may find the following materials helpful:

1. http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ioss390/ios390rp/rprpcgen.htm 
(only sub section “Converting Local Procedures into Remote Procedures”)
2. man page about rpcgen
3. man page about gethostname()

Exercise:
Implement a remote version of a procedure to compute pi number, using the formula:
pi = 4 * (1 – 1/3 + 1/5 -1/7 ...)

the procedure should return the pi value and the host (server) name.
The gethostname() function can be called to get the host name.  

Turn in your code.