-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Wardley [mailto:a...@andywardley.com]
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 7:36 AM
To: Butler, Gerald

Cc: 'Gordon Henriksen'; 'Matt_Fow...@softhome.net';
'perl6-intern...@perl.org'
Subject: Re: Events (I think we need a new name) - Parcel?

Butler, Gerald wrote:
> How about: "tocsin"

[...thinking out loud...]

I'm not sure it's a good idea to use an obscure word, even if it is
appropriate to the usage.  It should be a word that the average user
would recognise, and hopefully be able to intuit some sense of what it
does.

How about "Parcel"?  

Like "Packet" and "Message" it provides a sense of what it is doing.
The metaphor extends to sending and receiving parcels, wrapping and
unwrapping them, and so on.

On a more trivial note, the first three letters make it a prime
candidate for a corny acronym:

   PARrot Communication Event Layer
   PARrot Container for Event Lobbing
   PARrot Commissioner for Event Liaison

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