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"...his ActorScript can't be implemented on real machines." I think I understand why, but could you provide some more details?
by mcguire 5y ago
"...his ActorScript can't be implemented on real machines."
I think I understand why, but could you provide some more details?
- myWindoonn 5y agoLoosely, because ActorScript requires some sort of genuine non-determinism where an actor explores multiple states simultaneously, we need some sort of magic non-deterministic computer. A quantum computer isn't enough; simulating an ActorScript program is NP-complete. Maybe there can be physical machines which run ActorScript, but I would expect them to come with new laws of physics, and also I think that there are probably more comfortable programming languages. We already have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constraint_Handling_Rules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constraint_Handling_Rules for example.
- mcguire 5y agoThanks!