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Actor three languages
This document discusses actor-based programming in Erlang, Scala, and F#. It provides overviews of the actor model and how it is implemented in each language. In Erlang, actors are lightweight processes that communicate asynchronously via message passing without shared state. Scala leverages the actor model with both reactive and event-driven styles. F# uses MailboxProcessors to implement the actor model on the .NET framework. The document also covers supervision strategies for fault tolerance in Erlang OTP and Scala Akka frameworks.
Actor three languages
- 1. Actor based programming In Erlang, Scala and F# Page 1 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 2. Agenda • The reason •The Actor Model • Erlang • Scala • F# • OTP and AKKA Page 2 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 3. The base ofthe problem Page 3 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 4. Another reason Page 4 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 5. Concurrency and sharedmemory model Page 5 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 6. Shared memory model Shared memory Process Process thread thread Process thread Page 6 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 7. Problems with sharedmemory • Race conditions • Block contention • Deadlock Page 7 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 8. What is theActor Model • Light weight processes/threads communicating through messaging • Messages are buffered in a “mailbox” • No shared state • Isolated from other processes • Normally event systems are inversion of control • Adding a listener to an object • Hard to maintain in large systems • Humans do not share memory, we communicate through messages Page 8 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 9. Pattern Matching Page 9 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 10. Erlang • The worldis concurrent • Things in the world don't share data • Things communicate with messages • Things fail - Joe Armstrong Page 10 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 11. Crash course inErlang Variables are immutable Page 11 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 12. Atoms and tuples •An atom is a global constant starting with lower case • A tuple is an ordered set of elements • Your Java or C# class would be a tuple with an atom identifier Page 12 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 13. Spawn and processID • Spawn “spawns” a new Erlang process (light weight) • Spawn returns a PID (Process identifier) • Receive waits for a message Page 13 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 14. Actors in Erlang Page 14 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 15. Crash course inScala • Object functional programming language • Everything in Scala is an object, even functions • Running on JVM and interoperable with Java language • Also runs on Dalvik VM for Android (Java bytecode) • Concurrent oriented programming language • Actor model programming style from Erlang • Interactive shell • No attachment to Oracle Page 15 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 16. Scalatest TestStack Page 16 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 17. Scala Actors Page 17 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 18. React or receive •React is the “normal” actor, lightweight process • Receive spins out a new Java thread • In the paper * • 5000 threads • 1 200 000 actors • React uses partial functions to send the process to the heap • Receive runs on the stack and is heavyweight JVM threads (like Java) *Actors That Unify Threads and Events P. Haller, M. Odersky Page 18 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 19. Scala Actor ontuples Page 19 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 20. Scala Actor withcase classes Page 20 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 21. Crash course inF# • F# is a object functional programming language for the .Net Framework • Derived from ML and is largely compatible with OCaml • Interactive shell, script and compiled language • Runs on mono for Posix based systems Page 21 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 22. Code example F# Page 22 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 23. F# Actor MailboxProcessor Page 23 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 24. Let it crash(supervision) • Erlang/OTP • Scala Akka • Erlang designed for five nines 99.999 uptime, record is nine nines 99.999999999 • That is 31ms downtime a year Page 24 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 25. Supervisors in Erlang/OTPand AKKA Supervisor Process Process Process Page 25 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
- 26. Supervising supervisors Root Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor Process Process Process Process Process Process Page 26 Actor model baksia , 29.09.2012
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