In 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 ba

In 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