[self-interest] Assignement return value

[Marko Mikulicic]

Tripp Lilley wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Marko Mikulicic wrote:
>
> > can anybody with a running self system evaluate this expression:
>
> Here is a capture of my session:
>
> $ Self
> Self Virtual Machine Version 4.1.10, Sun 16 Jan 00 23:19:07 Solaris 2.x
> (svr4)
> Copyright 1989-95: The Self Group (type _Credits for credits)
>
> VM# ( | method = ( | a | a: 3 ) | ) method
> <0>: ( | method = <a method>. | )
> VM# ( | method = ( | a | a: (a: 3) . a ) | ) method
> <1>: ( | method = <a method>. | )
> VM#
>
> Note that I'm playing dumb monkey here. I typed what you typed, and you're
> seeing what I saw :) Interpretation is left as an exercise for the
> (presumably less ignorant than I) reader.

You must be  happy to have a sparc machine to play around.
Trying to write an implementation of Self without having it can be a pain in the
sparc :-)

Thanks a lot, it helped make my head clear!

Marko