Top "Actor" questions

libgdx difference between sprite and actor

I'm just going through the javadoc and various tutorials on libgdx and I'm at the stage of trying to figure …

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Scala actors: receive vs react

Let me first say that I have quite a lot of Java experience, but have only recently become interested in …

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How does Actors work compared to threads?

Is there any good and short explanation of how Actors works compared to threads? Can't a thread be seen as …

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How do I get hold of exceptions thrown in a Scala Future?

I've been working up my answer to Is there a standard Scala function for running a block with a timeout?, …

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Difference between forward and tell in akka actors

What is a difference between tell and forward, in case I will send the same message: case msg: Message => …

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How is Node.js evented system different than the actor pattern of Akka?

I've worked with Node.js for a little while and consider myself pretty good with Java. But I just discovered …

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What's the difference of the Akka's Actor with Scala's Actor model

I found there is also an Akka actor model, so I am wondering what's the difference between the Akka's Actor …

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Blocking calls in Akka Actors

As a newbie, I am trying to understand how actors work. And, from the documentation, I think I understand that …

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Differences between AMQP and ZeroMQ

Recently started looking into these AMQP (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ) and ZeroMQ technologies, being interested in distributed systems/computation. Been Googling and …

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When to use actors in libgdx? What are cons and pros?

I'm writing simple solar system simulator. This is my first libgdx project. I'm using a Stage and Actors for the …

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