slower := Object clone faster := Object clone slower start := method(wait(2); writeln("slowly")) faster start := method(wait(1); writeln("quickly")) slower @@start faster @@start wait(3) futureResult := URL with("http://google.es") @fetch writeln("Do something immediately while fetch goes in bg...") writeln("This will block until the result is available.") writeln("Fetched ", futureResult size, " bytes")