I like the idea but I think the tactics are wrong. The better approach would try to make the experience as much like OOP as possible. Like the named argument,

I like the idea but I think the tactics are wrong. The better approach would try to make the experience as much like OOP as possible. Like the named argument, message passing thing is nice, but it's going to be just one more thing that the 95% is going to have to get used to. If the goal is approachability, then have to get it as close to existing experiences as possible.