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> Tiny independently-operating machines (which, yes, contain hidden state) that provide answers in response to messages sent to them. You intentionally can't kn
by kimi 6y ago
> Tiny independently-operating machines (which, yes, contain hidden state) that provide answers in response to messages sent to them. You intentionally can't know how they work--they should behave as little computers.
You mean... like an Erlang process? :)
- nielsbot 6y agoMaybe? You tell me. :) Do you communicate with them via messages? I guess I am biased because I always think of messages more like Obj-C/Smalltalk style obj doSomethingWithArgument: arg1 otherArgument: arg2 Vs something more like a protobuf or whatever. I guess as long as a message send in the language looks like a method invocation it's all equivalent.
- fredrikholm 6y agohttps://www.infoq.com/interviews/johnson-armstrong-oop/ https://www.infoq.com/interviews/johnson-armstrong-oop/ "Is Erlang object oriented?" "From that point of view, we might say it's [Erlang] the only object oriented language and perhaps I was a bit premature in saying that object oriented languages are about."