Daniel writes:

 > The problem is that when everyone has them, it might be difficult to
 > find someone to talk to.
 >
 > The analogy is deeper than it looks - how much code, how many
 > projects, are preserved, but unshared, sealed in their own little
 > images?
 >
 > As was demonstrated last ESUG, this makes for wonderful archeology.
 > However, textual scripts that do not preserve too much context, but
 > are just code, are in many ways easier to share with other people.
 > Therefore, they are better memes than images are.

	That account of images still seems to take a file-oriented view. But 
people need not be limited to exchanging the files of entire object 
memory snapshots. They can get those object memories communicating to 
each other in situ, by sending (possibly remote) messages.

	To twist the old quote, "messaging is the medium". :)


-C

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Craig Latta
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