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<HR><H2>Re: [COLD] 'user()' builtin function..</H2>
<H3>daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tue Apr 23 11:37:47 1996
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 11:05:33 -0400
To: Brandon Gillespie &lt;brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com&gt;
From: Quinn &lt;quinn@vv.com&gt;
Cc: coldstuff@cold.org

At 01:00 PM 4/22/96 -0600, Brandon Gillespie wrote:
&gt;Do you prefer 'user()' or 'controller()'?

'issuer()' is a more generic term than 'user()'; 'user()' implies that a
$user is controlling the task and/or a user is at the other end of the root
connection.

'controller()' is probably best, but I don't like it's length.

Maybe 'spawner()'?

-Quinn



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