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Re:Ractor – a Rust Actor Framework by mtndew4brkfst on Sunday November 03, 2024 @06:46AM (#42032525)
Tiny bit of context I'd also call out is that one of the primary authors comes from WhatsApp IIRC, with an extensive Erlang background.
Re:Ractor – a Rust Actor Framework by carlmr on Monday November 04, 2024 @10:15AM (#42042273)
If you've ever used an ML descendant you'll miss sum types wherever you go. If you've ever used Erlang you'll miss the OTP actor implementation wherever you go.
Re:Ractor – a Rust Actor Framework by lordofgibbons on Monday November 11, 2024 @12:33AM (#42104772)
I have good news for you, Gleam, built on top of Erlang, supports sum types
Re:Ractor – a Rust Actor Framework by snowboarder63 on Friday November 15, 2024 @07:39PM (#42153031)
Yeah I do lol. It was the big motivation since we were writing more and more rust and missed the concurrency model. Please feel free to ping me for any further questions

It's come a long way since it started and I'm thrilled I can talk about it publicly now and it's usage at Meta (some at least lol).