On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:56:26 +0200, Igor Stasenko wrote:

> 2008/7/8 David P Harris :
>> Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
>>>
>>> The main principle, which I based on Igor's "islands for CorruptVM"
>>> suggestion (island term can be confusing to people when used with this  
>>> new MT stuff, must find alternate word), is this:
>>
>> island --> continent --> planet --> solar system --> galaxy -->  
>> universe ?
>> (Spanish: isla --> continente --> planeta --> Sistema Solar --> galaxia  
>> -->
>> universo)
>> (French: île --> ; continent --> ; planète --> ; système solaire -->  
>> galaxie
>> --> ; univers)
>> (German: Insel --> Kontinent --> Planet --> Sonnensystem --> Galaxie -->
>> Universum)
>> (Greek: νησί --> ήπειρος --> πλανήτης --> ηλιακό σύστημα --> γαλαξίας-->
>> κόσμος,
>> (in roman alphabet: nesi --> epeiros --> plantes --> eliako systema -->
>> galasias --> kosmos (take this with a large grain of salt!)
>>

Hey David, nice list, thanks for the initiative :)

>> pints --> quarts --> gallons -> barrels ?
>>
>> David
>
> Its not confusing to those, who ever heard about Croquet. And island
> is very precise word in terms of parallel computing:
> Islands are isolated from each other.

Like peninsulae are :)

> To travel from one island to
> another you need to cross the water.

Then I make this choice (integrating David's first two columns)

- the main .image is mainland (like continent)
- the other .images are peninsula (like island)

because oops in peninsula can point to mainland but not so cross-peninsula.

And the island concept is still part of peninsula, at the message send  
level (the travelling "teleporting" part ;)

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