Erlang is based on message passing ala Actors. Very different things. Take a look at this if you don't believe that their approach hasn't changed: http://swtch

Erlang is based on message passing ala Actors. Very different things. Take a look at this if you don't believe that their approach hasn't changed: http://swtch.com/~rsc/thread/ http://swtch.com/~rsc/thread/