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Re:Swift Distributed Actors by eyelidlessness on Friday October 29, 2021 @02:15AM (#29035734)
> without giving any credit or acknowledgement

You could be forgiven for not being familiar with the Actor model. But if you’re familiar with it, saying that isn’t recognition is bonkers. Everyone who knows what Actors are knows they’re referencing Erlang/OTP.

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Re:Swift Distributed Actors by meheleventyone on Friday October 29, 2021 @02:53AM (#29035953)
The model even predates that. It’s like one of the OG concurrency ideas IIRC.
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Re:Swift Distributed Actors by ProfHewitt on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:17PM (#29040286)
The Actor Paradigm is much more widespread with offerings from Microsoft, Lightbend, etc.
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