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What an object does when it receives a message is hidden, and entirely up to that object. >>> All in all, this seems to be a whole lot of syntactical hair spli

• digi_owl 10y ago
  Or not having the 10000 feet outlook. Checking some links to Kay's responses elsewhere, i get the impression that unless we basically toss the notion of a programs as a singular compiled file of binary, and replace it with some kind of abstract notion of work that can happen on a single computer, or across the net as a whole, the distinction between a message and a method is academic at best. Because for message as a concept to make sense, it has to be seen as someone standing on a rooftop shouting "can someone please hit that nail?!", and then wait around until someone shouts back "done!". Without that you just end up with a carpenter talking to himself "hit nail, done, hit nail, done, hit nail, done".
  • infinite8s 10y ago
    Yes, exactly. Step back (wayyyyyyy back) from your current understanding of what software should look like.