Publication Date
Spring 2012
Degree Type
Master's Project
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Computer Science
Abstract
Actors are a model of computation invented by Carl Hewitt in the 1970s. It has seen a resurrection of mainstream use recently as a potential solution to the latency and concurrency that are quickly rising as the dominant challenges facing the software industry. In this project I explored the history of the actor model and a practical implementation of actor-based concurrency tightly integrated with non-blocking futures in the E programming language developed by Mark Miller. I implemented an actor-based concurrency framework for Newspeak that closely follows the E implementation and includes E-style futures and deep integration into the programming language via new syntax for asynchronous message passing.
Recommended Citation
Botev, Nikolay, "Actor-based Concurrency in Newspeak 4" (2012). Master's Projects. 231.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.wkqv-u4zb
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_projects/231
