I'm a big fan of naming things well but this particular boondoggle does not stir my passions either way.
My feeling about the words is that a "fork" splits tasks apart but retains a central framework (i.e. wait for tasks to return) whereas "spawn" has the sense of letting offspring fend for themselves independently (i.e. return immediately to the parent). On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Sherlock, Ric <[email protected]>wrote: > > From: John Baker > > > > I use task all the time and would be irritated if it was changed > > without a > > sound rationale. > > Do you agree that the current terminology conflict between task.ijs & the > DOJ needs resolving? > > Would you be happy if an alias was created for "spawn" - say "host" and the > use of "spawn" was deprecated? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
