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		alankay on June 21, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today Smalltalk was an early attempt at non-command-messages to objects with the realization that you get a "programming language" if you take some care with the conventions used for composing the messages.

infinite8s on June 21, 2016 [–]

By non-command-messages do you mean that the receiver was free to ignore the message?

alankay on June 21, 2016 | [–]

Yes

bcjordan on June 21, 2016 | | [–]

Akin to "signals" / "event emitters"?

alankay on June 21, 2016 | | [–]

If you think about the "whole system", even if it's just a Shannon channel, what do you actually need?

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