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The Actor Model in 10 Minutes (2015)
- RossBencina 10y agoKnowing the Actor Model axioms is a start, but it doesn't get you very far. In the end you need some higher level theory of organisation, e.g. of communication patterns. I found Gul Agha's book interesting (freely available)[0]. And also stuff coming out of the Akka community, e.g. [1] This is interesting too: Video: "Roland Kuhn - Akka Typed: Between Session Types and the Actor Model - Curry On"[2]. [0] https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6952 https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6952 [1] https://www.manning.com/books/reactive-design-patterns https://www.manning.com/books/reactive-design-patterns [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyegYGzD9kM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyegYGzD9kM
- wturner 10y agoI posted the article after reading it to help me learn the underpinning assumptions of Erlang/Elixir
- RossBencina 10y agoIn that case, keep in mind that the Erlang developers had never heard of the Actor Model.[0] Joe Armstrong's PhD thesis is an excellent read, and gives good background to Erlang.[1] [0] http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2014-June/079796.html http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2014-June/07979... [1] http://erlang.org/download/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf http://erlang.org/download/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf
- wturner 10y agoThanks for this. Much appreciated.