Messaging vs. subroutines (Re: Thinking about a better UI)
agree at carltonfields.com
agree at carltonfields.com
Mon May 17 16:00:28 UTC 1999
Joachim writes:
> Marcel Weiher wrote:
> Well, a coroutine has some similarities, but it's purpose is quite
> different, so I consider them different.
Joachim has already conceded in earlier posting the existence of differences and different concepts. Here is another such concession. Since Smalltalk methods *are* coroutines, capable of fully handing off computations and controlling concurrency between them with substantial generality, aren't they therefor "different" from subroutines, even in Joachim's argot?
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