"send message in 10" doesn't work properly

[Gerry]

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Send "doit" && myTarget in 10 ticks

Gerry

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> On 19 Jan 2014, at 12:03 pm, "Dr. Hawkins" <dochawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> After fighting this for a couple of hours, I finally found that my message
> sending of the form
> 
> 
>    send "doit " & myTarget in 10
> 
> doesn't work properly--the "in 10" is ignored.
> 
> Contrary to the dictionary, it appears that it is necessary to specify a
> target--otherwise, it is executed immediately, before the new handler
> begins.
> 
> 
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