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====== Concurrent Programming with Actors ====== | ====== Concurrent Programming with Actors ====== | ||
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As you can see, actors are created similar to objects. The '' | As you can see, actors are created similar to objects. The '' | ||
- | So what exactly is a far reference to an object? The terminology stems from the E language: it is an object reference that refers to an object hosted by another actor. The main difference between regular object references and far references is that regular references allow direct, synchronous access to an object, while far references | + | So what exactly is a far reference to an object? The terminology stems from the E language: it is an object reference that refers to an object hosted by another actor. The main difference between regular object references and far references is that regular references allow direct, synchronous access to an object, while far references |
- | Note that, if the object referred to by a far reference is tagged with one or more type tags, the far reference itself is tagged with the same type tags. Hence, an object located on a remote actor can be tested for its types // | + | < |
+ | If the object referred to by a far reference is tagged with one or more type tags, the far reference itself is tagged with the same type tags. Hence, an object located on a remote actor can be tested for its types // | ||
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+ | The figure below summarizes AmbientTalk' | ||
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===== Asynchronous Message Sending ===== | ===== Asynchronous Message Sending ===== | ||
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When the future for ''< | When the future for ''< | ||
- | ==== Futures and Striped | + | ==== Futures and Annotated |
- | As previously explained, there are two modes for enabling futures in AmbientTalk. Invoking '' | + | As previously explained, there are two modes for enabling futures in AmbientTalk. Invoking '' |
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at/tutorial/actors.txt · Last modified: 2020/02/05 21:26 by elisag