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Suppose that you use a < message with instances of a class that is not a subclass of the Magnitude class, and you have not yet implemented < for that class:

NotMagnitudeSubClass class definition 
Object subclass: #NotMagnitudeSubclass 
  instanceVariableNames: '' 
  classVariableNames: '' 
  poolDictionaries: '' 
Workspace
NotMagnitudeSubclass new < NotMagnitudeSubclass new 

You would see a screen such as the following, which indicates that the message could not be understood: