Re:No More Callbacks: 10,000 Actors, 10,000 Threads, 10,000 ...
by pron on Thursday October 17, 2013 @02:40AM
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Quasar gives you fibers. On top of them you can build actors, Go-channels, or data flow variables.
Scala gives you no advantage here. None of its concurrency constructs really require Scala. There is no reason not to implement them in Java and use them in any JVM language. More specifically, Quasar actors are more general and powerful than Scala actors because they run in true lightweight threads and can block. Also, a lot of people don't like Scala.
Scala gives you no advantage here. None of its concurrency constructs really require Scala. There is no reason not to implement them in Java and use them in any JVM language. More specifically, Quasar actors are more general and powerful than Scala actors because they run in true lightweight threads and can block. Also, a lot of people don't like Scala.