> Note that SOME languages use () for call. There are other call
constructs,
> such as:
>
> DO function WITH parameters (FoxPro, similar in COBOL)
>
> function parameter   or   parameter1 function parameter2 (APL)

And in Smalltalk:

object message: parameter1 <descriptor>: parameter2 <descriptor>:
parameter3

Or as an example of a message and one descriptor.

myArray put: foo at: 5

The array method is known as   "put:at:"

No parens to be seen (they have a completely different meaning in
Smalltalk)

Alan G.

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