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| author | Heather Miller <heather.miller@epfl.ch> | 2017-01-06 15:22:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Heather Miller <heather.miller@epfl.ch> | 2017-01-06 15:22:49 +0100 |
| commit | b1cf13492f56b96a0ef44918757222f4a0133b1a (patch) | |
| tree | 881963901fa7da4432e5808cab491d8b6c80f4fc /chapter | |
| parent | 9fbb9e03436b3237ea25a95487f1e0b55272148a (diff) | |
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diff --git a/chapter/2/futures.md b/chapter/2/futures.md index 13f245a..f0f81e0 100644 --- a/chapter/2/futures.md +++ b/chapter/2/futures.md @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Here's a brief glimpse at a timeline spanning the history of futures and promise <img src="./images/1.png" alt="timeline" /> </figure> -Conceptually, futures and promises begin in 1961 with so-called _thunks_. Thunks can be thought of as a primitive notion of a Future or Promise. According to its inventor P. Z. Ingerman, thunks are: +The first concept which eventually led to futures/promises appeared in 1961, with so-called _thunks_. Thunks can be thought of as a primitive, sequential notion of a future or promise. According to its inventor P. Z. Ingerman, thunks are: <blockquote> <p>A piece of coding which provides an address</p> |
