Kerry and Rinat introduce the Actor in the Actor Model of Computation. They wonder if the Actor’s embodiment of communication (via messaging) may simplify the way that they reason about and implement their solutions. They discuss this potential use of the Actor Model in the context of their current usage of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Application Services, Aggregates, and Event Sourcing.


Download (mp3): Episode 29 – Acting Like We Get The Message – (63 minutes)


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Episode References:

The Actor Model (everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask)
The Actor Model (Wikipedia)
Carl Hewitt’s homepage
Scala programming language
Akka toolkit
Erlang programming language
Stact – An Actor library and framework for .NET
Red programming language
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