Did XMOS change the 2009 terms "threads" and "virtual processors" [1] for 2015 versions like "logical cores" [2] after they discovered that Lee already in 2006 [3] had made "threads" look rather stupid? The only reference to "logical" in May's book is on p180: "Sets the logical network over which a channel should communicate." The programming guide from 2015 is almost fully rid of "thread" (3 times) but "logical cores" is used all over the 108 page document. Also, in May's 2009 book "thread" is also used to mean what in 2015 was called "task". Maybe the 2015 book only clarified the terms better, with no influence from Lee?
Plus, is the 2015 naming still used during the development of the X4?
[1] The XMOS XS1 Architecture by David May. Copyright © 2009 by XMOS Limited. ISBN: 978-1-907361-01-2 (PBK), ISBN: 978-1-907361-04-3 Published by XMOS Limited, see https://www.xmos.com/download/public/Th ... re_1.0.pdf. This is a very detailed book of 261 pages!
[2] XMOS Programming Guide (as of 17Jan2018: 2015/9/21 version F, 2015/9/18 in the document), see https://www.xmos.com/file/xmos-programming-guide
[3] The Problem with Threads, Edward A. Lee (2006) https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/Tec ... 006-1.html
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I discovered this when writing up this thread of thoughts, in a blog note: https://www.teigfam.net/oyvind/home/tec ... xmos_xcore