> And as a type, "block" sounds like a code block—i.e. something like a lambda. Ruby uses "block" for this, for instance. As does, notably, Objective-C, like R

> And as a type, "block" sounds like a code block—i.e. something like a lambda. Ruby uses "block" for this, for instance. As does, notably, Objective-C, like Ruby due to the Smalltalk heritage. I've never heard the term "block" used to refer to heap allocations, so I don't think it would really help.