On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Adrian Kuhn wrote: > Smalltalk is based on message sending, but sending a method is called > #perform: > rather than #send:? When I read aloud the code is it "perform a message" or
You don't send a method, but a message. The message contains a method and optionally arguments. > "perform a method", both seem to be wrong. The first since, well, methods are > sent not performed. And the second since, well, the argument is a message and > a > not a method. What is the etymology or rational for this? Maybe if one of the The argument is a selector which is the name of the method that should be performed. Levente > old Smalltalkers (or Marcus with his awesome knowledge of Smalltalk history) > can elaborate on this? > > --AA > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
