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Go Actor Model, fast distributed actors for Golang

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#actor model#golang#distributed actors#concurrency

115points
9comments
#308of 2,264 in 2016
Top 14%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Execution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Commenters praise the project and its author's prior work on Akka.NET

    From 2 comments
    • Totally cool. Alsing and Stannard did a great work on Akka.NET, and I'm happy to see the OP making inroads into Golang projects. How does the message throughput compare between…
      nedsma on HN
    • This is very exciting, thank you for building this. Quick question on your sample codes, if actor is capable of receiving async messages, then channel is basically redundant,…
      didip on HN

Objections

  • Build script checked into repo looked odd to a commenter

    From 1 comment

Requests

  • Maker is seeking contributors for easy enhancement issues

    From 1 comment
    • Help wanted, There are a few easy to implement tasks here if anyone is interested in getting involved.…
      RogerAlsing on HN

Questions

  • How does message throughput compare with Akka.NET

    From 1 comment
    • Totally cool. Alsing and Stannard did a great work on Akka.NET, and I'm happy to see the OP making inroads into Golang projects. How does the message throughput compare between…
      nedsma on HN
  • Why use channels when actors can receive async messages

    From 1 comment
    • This is very exciting, thank you for building this. Quick question on your sample codes, if actor is capable of receiving async messages, then channel is basically redundant,…
      didip on HN

Alternatives named

  • Akka.NET

    From 1 comment
    • Totally cool. Alsing and Stannard did a great work on Akka.NET, and I'm happy to see the OP making inroads into Golang projects. How does the message throughput compare between…
      nedsma on HN
  • Pony

    From 1 comment
    • So I have little real experience with Actor-based programming (although I'm looking into Pony so that might change soon). Are there situations where it would be elegant to…
      vanderZwan on HN

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