Implementing Actors in JavaScript

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JavaScript does not exactly have an ideal semantic model for implementing Actors. Execution is single-threaded and sequential. Most objects are mutable by default. However, it has the advantage of being the most available and widely used computer language, so it seems worthwhile to show how actors can be used in this environment. Asynchronous Programming JavaScript […]

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Towards a Universal Implementation of Unforgeable Actor Addresses

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[It is my pleasure to welcome my colleague and collaborator, Tristan Slominski, as a guest-blogger —Dale] 2017-02-07 EDIT: A previous version of this article used the term Domain instead of Realm. In the popular implementations of the Actor Model, actor addresses are usually globally available to any other actor desiring to discover them. However, in […]

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