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Re:Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret ch... by shdh on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @07:49AM (#27207292)
Do you mean actors? I kinda hate how they’re always referred to as processes.

https://github.com/actix/actix https://github.com/akka/akka

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Re:Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret ch... by ramchip on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @12:47PM (#27211175)
The actor terminology isn't used in any official sources since Erlang processes are not quite "actors" in the actor model sense. They were inspired by OS processes.

http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2014-June/07979...

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