Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009)
by bad_user on Monday April 13, 2015 @03:08PM
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The actor model for concurrency is rather poor depending on use-case. I prefer to mix and match approaches. I mean, modeling concurrent state machines, with bi-directional asynchronous communication that makes you easily lose sight of how data moves in your architecture, what could possibly go wrong?
And yes, it's a pretty good model for concurrency, however I consider it to be a compromise on the way to finding better approaches. And in the meantime, it just feels wrong to use a language that forces this mentality on you, unless you have specific use-cases for which this model fits perfectly that is.
And also, on the FP side - many people say that Scala is less FP than other languages, like Erlang. That's a rather odd assertion, because my experience has been the opposite. But that's for another discussion.
And yes, it's a pretty good model for concurrency, however I consider it to be a compromise on the way to finding better approaches. And in the meantime, it just feels wrong to use a language that forces this mentality on you, unless you have specific use-cases for which this model fits perfectly that is.
And also, on the FP side - many people say that Scala is less FP than other languages, like Erlang. That's a rather odd assertion, because my experience has been the opposite. But that's for another discussion.