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An actor-based programming system

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Roy J. Byrd,

Stephen E. Smith,

S. Peter deJongAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGOA Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1-2

Pages 67 - 78

https://doi.org/10.1145/966873.806479

Published: 01 June 1982 Publication History

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A programming system is described with which applications are built by defining collections of communicating objects, called actors. The actor programming system provides a uniform environment in which distributed applications can be automated in a highly modular and efficient manner. The system's design is based on the formal theory of actors, with certain modifications made for the sake of efficiency. We describe our view of the actor system, and an implementation of that view. We also discuss applications built on, and contemplated for, the actor system.

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ACM SIGOA Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 1-2

June 21-23, 1982

159 pages

ISSN:0737-819X

DOI:10.1145/966873

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Proceedings of the SIGOA conference on Office information systems
June 1982
159 pages
ISBN:0897910753
DOI:10.1145/800210
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John Limb,
Fred Lochovsky

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Association for Computing Machinery

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