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--- at:tutorial:objects [2007/06/27 14:28] – jorge
+++ at:tutorial:objects [2007/06/29 08:11] – jorge
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 <note important>
-Note that AmbientTalk not only supports traditional canonical syntax (e.g. ''o.m(a,b,c)'') but also keyworded syntax (e.g. ''o.at: key put: value'') for method definitions and message sends, as in SmallTalk.
+AmbientTalk not only supports traditional canonical syntax (e.g. ''o.m(a,b,c)'') but also keyworded syntax (e.g. ''o.at: key put: value'') for method definitions and message sends, as in SmallTalk.
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 ===== Sending messages =====
-In AmbientTalk, computation is expressed in terms of objects sending messages to one another. Messages are used to invoke
+In AmbientTalk, computation is expressed in terms of objects sending messages to one another. Messages are used to invoke the fields and methods of the objects.
-access to
-access to the fields and methods of the objects.
-Object's fields and methods are accessed as follows:
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+This code shows two messages sent to the ''aPoint'' object defined above in this section. The ''x'' message acts as an accessor for the ''x'' field. The ''sumOfSquares'' message select the ''sumOfSquares'' method evaluates its body.
 ===== Cloning and instantiation =====