{"issue":{"created_at":"2011-08-29T23:59:38Z","state":"closed","updated_at":"2011-12-09T17:41:50Z","user":{"gravatar_id":"37278728327a81abf6e26a27c1e1dbe4","id":4057,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/tra","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/37278728327a81abf6e26a27c1e1dbe4?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","login":"tra"},"comments":12,"body":"Spawn is such a good name that Ruby 1.9 decided to steal it (damn you Matz!).  I'm not inclined to monkey-patch ruby so it's probably time to come up with a new name.  Here's some ideas:\r\n\r\n# spelling variations\r\nspon - nice & short\r\nspown - spawn has been p0wn3d\r\nspawnd - spawn daemon, just add a 'd'\r\nspawned - past tense\r\nspark - spawn/fork\r\nspork - spawn/fork - unfortunately already a gem with this name\r\n\r\n# synonyms\r\nbeget - parent process begets child process\r\nbranch - branching metaphor, too generic?\r\nhatch - children start out as eggs\r\nsow - like a seed\r\ncleave - with a knife\r\ndispatch - send it away\r\nlaunch - off you go!\r\n\r\n# miscellaneous\r\nkhan - after Genghis Khan who was a prolific spawner of children\r\ndrone - a worker bee process\r\n\r\nFeel free to give your 2 cents and pick your top 3 favorites.\r\n","assignee":null,"id":1515362,"labels":[],"pull_request":{"patch_url":null,"html_url":null,"diff_url":null},"number":21,"title":"Spawn needs a new name","html_url":"https://github.com/tra/spawn/issues/21","closed_at":"2011-12-09T17:41:50Z","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tra/spawn/issues/21","milestone":null},"action":"closed"}