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+Names are bindings to objects, however, to find an object
+given a name, the relation must be looked up in a
+naming context.  A problem with using string as names is
+that it is very easy to lose track of the correct naming
+context.  This is one of the problem with [[PassiveTranslators]]:
+a passive translator is a string.  When the node is accessed
+on which the passive translator is set and there is no active
+translator, then an active translator is started using the
+passive translator setting.  The active translator is started
+by the file system, not the program instance that set the
+passive translator.  The passive translator settings are
+therefore resolved in the file system's naming context, which
+may be different from that of the program instance that set the
+passive translator setting.
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