http://github.com/phatboyg/Stact

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From Erlang

Tell, Don't Ask

History:

1. SQL Server would handle locking

2. Caching (memcache, etc)

3. Threading

Actors can do 3 things:

1. Create other actors

2. Send messages

3. Change Behavior

Actors can create other Actors to delegate work since they are operating on their own thread and messages might start to get queued up.

Dale Shumaker (http://www.dalnefre.com/wp/)