[cap-talk] Process vs. Object

[Karp, Alan H]

Jed Donnelley wrote:
> 
> I'm sure this isn't news, but the term "process" has a long 
> history in this 
> context.  Sometimes used interchangeably with "task" or "job" 
> (there may be 
> others), a "process" is an entity in a time sharing system that has a 
> register set, is scheduled/executed. and has a "domain" - 
> that is some set 
> of authorities that it can refer to (perhaps as capabilities).
> 
But an object in E has none of these things.  You exclude E and like
systems if you use the word "process" in the definition of capabilities.

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