On Oct 15, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Brendan Eich wrote: > Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: >> realms and vats and ES jobs. > > I like mixed metaphors as much as the next person, but srsly, can we talk? > > Realm : Quest :: ??? : Job > Vat : Realm :: WindowProxy : Window > > I'm not sure of these, help wanted fixing them and filling in the ??? slot -- > but we have too many tropes. Please eliminate one or two.
Using the "Realm" metaphor domain, a "Vat" might more appropriately be call a "continent" (or perhaps an "isle". Baring political intervention, a human should be able to freely move from realm to realm on a continent. But to go from continent to continent requires some sort of extra continental connivance. The ES6 spec. currently talks about realms and jobs, but doesn't mention "vats". allen _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
