The Queue: Procs and more on Patch 3.1

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3-11-2009 @ 1:00PM

Chris Anthony said...

"Procedure" makes the most sense to me, since it's a name for a reusable subsection of a program (they're also called functions, subroutines, etc.). When an ability procs, it calls the appropriate procedure. "spec_proc" is just an extension of that.

"Programmed Random OCcurrence" is almost certainly a back-formation from "proc" and not the origin of the term.

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