Ma [0] was also referenced by Alan Kay when talking about smalltalk messages [1]: > The big idea is "messaging" - that is what the kernal of Smalltalk/Squeak

Ma [0] was also referenced by Alan Kay when talking about smalltalk messages [1]: > The big idea is "messaging" - that is what the kernal of Smalltalk/Squeak is all about (and it's something that was never quite completed in our Xerox PARC phase). The Japanese have a small word - ma - for "that which is in between" - perhaps the nearest English equivalent is "interstitial". [0]: http://gordonbrander.com/pattern/ma/ http://gordonbrander.com/pattern/ma/ [1]: http://wiki.c2.com/?AlanKayOnMessaging http://wiki.c2.com/?AlanKayOnMessaging