Quote: an Oberon handler is a procedure-valued variable or record field; caller doesn't know callee, so it's "sending a message"

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A handler is a procedure assigned to a … … the call of a handler is like an … callee. The call has the connotation of 'handle … [e.g., 'middle button at position x,y' to a text viewer], and hence the call's parameters are typically regarded as a …   Google-1   Google-2

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