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   by npm83 10y ago

   I know I'm stuck in a box here. The other way around would be: - what if we cant send processes instead of messages? - what are we missing? - which things cannot be done? Pretty much what we have nowadays. I find it hard to understand
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   by npm83 10y ago

   > it can find things like the "sine function" via examples of inputs and outputs I really like the idea, and reading through comments this question came to my mind. Names are important for us. They synthesize what a "thing
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   by npm83 10y ago

   Im afraid I'm missing the point about "sending processes rather than messages". The modularity thing sounds pretty much to well designed objects to me, but it seems that you're trying to make a difference between that an
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   by npm83 10y ago

   Thanks, Alan. I guess sometimes is hard to think about that level of scaling when working on the industry... or at least in projects that are not that massive. I assume your are talking in the lines of "call by meaning" when you m
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   by npm83 10y ago

   What do you think is missing from Smalltalk, and what would you expect for the "21th century Smalltalk" if there was such think? Even though is "old", I find it extremely valuable for learning to think and reason in a pu