>>>>> "Bert" == Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> writes:

Bert> Which reminds me - actually spelling this out using a running value  is what I
Bert> would use in production:

Bert> val := a.
Bert> val := val msg.
Bert> val := val msg1.
Bert> val := val msg2.
Bert> ^val

Yeah, and this is single-steppable, and "self halt"-able.
These pipe schemes seem more like pipe dreams. :)

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