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Re:Windows 3.1 All Over Again by chaostheory on Sunday September 24, 2017 @07:41PM (#15327106)
> Concurrency is hard. If you want concurrency you have two choices - processes or threads, take your pick.

Sometimes there's a 3rd choice: actors. imo it's much easier to manage than threads

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Re:Windows 3.1 All Over Again by lobster_johnson on Sunday September 24, 2017 @08:21PM (#15327246)
In Erlang, actors are called "processes".
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Re:Windows 3.1 All Over Again by syrrim on Sunday September 24, 2017 @07:54PM (#15327148)
Actors the same as what the OP is describing as processes I believe.
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