A contemporary computer uses the read/write computing paradigm. In contrast, the Actors Paradigm is based on discourse among Actors.
The Actors Paradigm has become foundational for applications, practices, and principles of scalable systems.
- Applications: Actors are being used in operating systems as well as in many large-scale gaming, financial, social, and telecommunications applications.
- Practices: Actors are foundational for frameworks from Apple, Erlang Solutions, Lightbend, and Microsoft.
- Engineering Principles: Actors abstractions and principles can be used to construct strongly-typed highly-performant systems. Actors Event Induction provides a convenient foundation for proving all kinds of properties of Actors Systems.
The Actors Paradigm is fundamental to constructing next-generation systems that are resilient against cyberattacks. Furthermore, in this decade, the Actors Paradigm will be crucial for an Apollo-scale Project Liftoff race to develop and deploy the next generation of
Robust Intelligent Systems to support representative government and civil liberties.
