<theory> A model for concurrency by Carl Hewitt. Actors
are autonomous and concurrent objects which execute
asynchronously. The Actor model provides flexible
mechanisms for building parallel and distributed software
systems.
http://osl.cs.uiuc.edu/.
["Laws for Communicating Parallel Processes", C. Hewitt et al,
IFIP 77, pp. 987-992, N-H 1977].
["ACTORS: A Model of Concurrent Computation in Distributed
Systems", Gul A. Agha <agha@cs.uiuc.edu>, Cambridge Press, MA,
1986].
(1999-11-23)
Nearby terms:
ACT ONE « Actor « actor « Actors » actor/singer/waiter/webmaster » Actra » actual argument