data-and-language-features.md

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Data and Language Features	The Microsoft Interface Definition Language (MIDL) provides the set of features that extend the C programming language to support remote procedure calls.	36bc98dd-0c7c-46fe-9db5-3c70af26cd61	Remote Procedure Call RPC , described, data and language features	article	05/31/2018

Data and Language Features

The Microsoft Interface Definition Language (MIDL) provides the set of features that extend the C programming language to support remote procedure calls. MIDL is not a variation of C; it is a strongly typed formal language through which you can control the data transmitted over a network. MIDL is designed so that developers familiar with C can learn it quickly.

This topic discusses three language features:

• Strong Typing
• Directional (Parameter) Attributes
• Data Representation