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 As you may have noticed previously, asynchronous message sends do not return any value (that is, they return ''nil''). Quite often, the developer is required to work around this lack of return values by means of e.g. explicit customer objects, as shown previously in the calculator example. This, however, leads to less expressive, more difficult to understand code, where the control flow quickly becomes implicit. As you may have noticed previously, asynchronous message sends do not return any value (that is, they return ''nil''). Quite often, the developer is required to work around this lack of return values by means of e.g. explicit customer objects, as shown previously in the calculator example. This, however, leads to less expressive, more difficult to understand code, where the control flow quickly becomes implicit.
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 +==== Enabling futures ====
  
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 In AmbientTalk, futures are not native to the language. However, because of AmbientTalk's reflective infrastructure, it is possible to build futures on top of the language. The system library shipped with AmbientTalk contains exactly this: a reflective implementation that adds futures to the language kernel. This implementation can be found in the file ''at/lang/futures.at''. In AmbientTalk, futures are not native to the language. However, because of AmbientTalk's reflective infrastructure, it is possible to build futures on top of the language. The system library shipped with AmbientTalk contains exactly this: a reflective implementation that adds futures to the language kernel. This implementation can be found in the file ''at/lang/futures.at''.
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-==== Enabling futures ==== 
  
 To enable futures, it suffices to import the futures module and to enable it, as follows: To enable futures, it suffices to import the futures module and to enable it, as follows:
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