How a 50-Year-Old Programming Model Became Essential for Modern Tech | HackerNoon
The Actor Model is one of the most interesting models I’ve seen so far. It’s designed for high concurrency, scalability and fault tolerance. Most programming languages have a framework that implements it, but some programming languages like Erlang/Elixir are designed with this model in mind. History The actor model was created in 1973, inspired by physics and some programming languages like Smalltalk, Lisp and others. It was designed to handle highly parallel computer machines consisting
Rafael Andrade
February 7, 2025