[erlang-questions] Erlang is *not* a implementation of the Actor model Re: Go vs Erlang for distribution

Raoul Duke raould@REDACTED
Mon Jun 23 23:46:46 CEST 2014


> Generally Erlang implements something that "solves the problem", wheras
> actors are just a theoretical construct.

well yes the Actor model stuff was/is intended to be a foundational
thing to build on top of. so when you say "theoretical construct" in a
way it would be taken as a compliment, not an insult ;-)

so i expect from Hewlitt et. al.'s perspective one would want to
implement Erlang on top of actors. :-)



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