Very similar, yes. Except that Kay did not envision the distinct computers communicating via REST. https://blog.metaobject.com/2019/11/what-alan-kay-got-wrong

Very similar, yes. Except that Kay did not envision the distinct computers communicating via REST. https://blog.metaobject.com/2019/11/what-alan-kay-got-wrong-about-objects.html https://blog.metaobject.com/2019/11/what-alan-kay-got-wrong-... Also: microservices currently require at least process and frequently even VM/Container/Machine boundaries. In-Process REST scales that down: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-9299-3_11 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-9299-3_... Language support for In-Process REST: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3359591.3359729 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3359591.3359729 https://objective.st/ https://objective.st/