exar...@twistedmatrix.com writes: > The "explicit" futures on the wikipedia page seems to cover what is > commonly referred to as a future. For example, Java's futures look like > this. > > The "implicit" futures are what is generally called a promise. For > example, E's promises look like this.
*sigh* All I can say is "it's a damned shame that there are no native speakers of English working in computer science."<wink> I have to admit Jean-Paul's explanation a pretty convincing reason for adopting "future" rather than "promise". But I'm with Skip, I would prefer that the module be named "future" rather than "futures". (Especially when wearing my Professional Economist sweatshirt. :-) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
