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		eyelidlessness on Oct 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Swift Distributed Actors > 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.

meheleventyone on Oct 29, 2021 | [–]

The model even predates that. It’s like one of the OG concurrency ideas IIRC.

ProfHewitt on Oct 29, 2021 | [–]

The Actor Paradigm is much more widespread with offerings from Microsoft, Lightbend, etc.

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