User model: terminology

[forax at univ-mlv.fr]

> From: "Kevin Bourrillion" <kevinb at google.com>
> To: "Remi Forax" <forax at univ-mlv.fr>
> Cc: "Brian Goetz" <brian.goetz at oracle.com>, "valhalla-spec-experts"
> <valhalla-spec-experts at openjdk.java.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 11:42:21 PM
> Subject: Re: User model: terminology

> On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 8:44 AM Remi Forax < [ mailto:forax at univ-mlv.fr |
> forax at univ-mlv.fr ] > wrote:

>>> - A term for all non-identity classes. (Previously, all classes had identity.)

>> I've used the term "immediate", immediate object vs reference object.

> Note that the temporal meaning (right now) is much much stronger in people's
> minds than the spatial one ("immediately next to"). And this here isn't even
> quite spatial. So for me, this doesn't work.

The temporal meaning re-enforce the idea, you do not have to follow a pointer and wait for the value to arrive, the value is already here. 

Rémi 
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