s/connivance/ conveyance/ On Oct 15, 2014, at 2:18 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote:
> > 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 > _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
