Is ':=' a keyword message?

Hi, I was wondering, could someone tell me what type of message is ':='?  I guessing that it's a specialized form of a keyword message which takes a single argument.
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No, it is not a message at all, but a language primitive.   Smalltalk
statements can be a message sent, an assignment, or a return.  Or a
sequence of statements.  Not many kinds of statements, but there *is*
more than just messages in Smalltalk.

-Ralph Johnson

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Conrad Taylor <[hidden email]> wrote:
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