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==== Working with Unresolved Futures ==== | ==== Working with Unresolved Futures ==== | ||
- | We have yet to describe what objects can do with futures that are // | + | We have described a future as a placeholder for the return value of an asynchronous message send which is eventually // |
Blocking a thread on a future can be a major source of deadlocks, like any form of blocking, of course. In the actor paradigm where communication between actors should remain strictly asynchronous, | Blocking a thread on a future can be a major source of deadlocks, like any form of blocking, of course. In the actor paradigm where communication between actors should remain strictly asynchronous, |
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