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Re:The Evolution of Smalltalk from Smalltalk-72 to Squeak [v... by galaxyLogic on Friday August 27, 2021 @10:36PM (#28335119)
Everybody parsing their own messages sounds interesting but in the end we need a shared language, shared syntax
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Re:The Evolution of Smalltalk from Smalltalk-72 to Squeak [v... by ProfHewitt on Saturday August 28, 2021 @03:26PM (#28340739)
Messages themselves should be Actors.
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Re:The Evolution of Smalltalk from Smalltalk-72 to Squeak [v... by galaxyLogic on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:55AM (#28364742)
I think messages should be able to carry Actors. But there needs to be a "meaning" to a message. Therefore the message must pass on words and sentences which are the interpreted by whoever receives the message.
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