Re: RFC: Prototype for a user threading library in Ada

[Hadrien Grasland <hadrien.grasland@gmail.com>]

So, I think it is time for an update on the terminology front:

For now, the unanimous sentiment is that "job" is a better fit than "task" for the work-items of my tasking model, and Jeffrey even found prior usage where this terminology matches exactly. I will thus switch to this terminology shortly unless a strong negative sentiment is received.

On the event/completion front, I am as of yet unconvinced that this term really needs changing. But there is plenty of time before interface freeze so I'll be continuously listening for new feedback.

As for giving the whole project a name that can at least work as a temporary placeholder until I find something better, I still think socialist terminology could be a fun choice that has not been overused to death by the software community yet, but I am a bit concerned that "kolkhoz" in particular could have unfortunate connotations for people originating from ex-USSR.

Due to this, I'd tend to lean more towards "phalanstery", an obscure word which takes its roots in the original utopian socialism idea of voluntarily assembled cooperative communities, and has thus little odds of offending anyone. From this point of view, "kibbutz" could arguably also work, but I would be wary of naming one of my projects after a religious community which I am not part of and am not familiar with ^^