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The other replies have covered this pretty well, but the two models are quite similar. The big difference is the formal constraints of the actor model, which al
by acjohnson55 7y ago
The other replies have covered this pretty well, but the two models are quite similar. The big difference is the formal constraints of the actor model, which allow people to build robust distributed systems. This is because the lack of certainty of communication and architecture is assumed as a first principle. This makes a big difference, in practice, for what programs actually look like.