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Re:Swift Evolution: Actors by eyelidlessness on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @11:15PM (#26486102)
> baking them into the language like this seems like the wrong approach to me

Wasn’t it baked into Erlang (well, OTP, but like there’s a distinction), where the model originated?

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Re:Swift Evolution: Actors by Ndymium on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:24AM (#26487925)
The actor model didn't originate in Erlang and AFAIK the developers of Erlang only accidentally implemented it, learning of it later. Wikipedia[1] has history of the actor model from the 70s when Erlang was developed in the 80s.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Actor_model

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Re:Swift Evolution: Actors by eyelidlessness on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @10:38AM (#26491865)
Thanks for the correction, I didn’t know that!
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