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by JoeAltmaier 2822 days ago
Yes, still its a way to set a value. And don't be so sure you can't make an entry in a KVO subscription system in asm - of course at bottom that's exactly what's happening.

I'm disappointed at the zero-attempt-to-understand-the-point digs made on hacker news (like the one I'm responding to). The point is, how is multi-layered abstraction an unalloyed good? Its heavy, slow, complicated to author and explain, and not doing all that much of value.