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  • Can't agree with this answer. The existence of the term "execution context" does not outlaw other uses of "context" any more than it outlaws other uses of "execution". Maybe there is a better term to describe this but none is offered here, and it's arguably too late to shut the door on "context".
    – Roamer-1888
    Commented Jun 8, 2019 at 15:12
  • @Roamer-1888—thank you for the edit. You're right, but my argument doesn't rely on the existence of "execution context" precluding the of "context" for some other purpose. Rather, it's based on "context" being inappropriate from both a technical and semantic perspective. I also think the use of "context" instead of "this" is dying out. I don't see any reason to find an alternative term to this or thisBinding, it just obfuscates and means at some point you have to explain that "context" is actually this, and that it isn't in anyway "context". :-)
    – RobG
    Commented Jun 8, 2019 at 23:42
  • I don't think you can say that this isn't in any way "context", when you have already admittted that it's one part of an execution context, where "execution" is merely adjectival.
    – Roamer-1888
    Commented Jun 9, 2019 at 2:16
  • @Roamer-1888—I'm not going to continue this conversation past this point. Yes, this is part of an execution context. Saying it's the context is like saying one player of a team is the team.
    – RobG
    Commented Jun 9, 2019 at 3:06