Resources

Various reading materials and background information useful in one way for another for the zhang project.

Erlang

• Erlang Processes
• Ports and Port Drivers
• The Jinterface Package
• Concurrent Programming (Programming Erlang, Chapter 8)
• Erlang explained: Selective receive
• Erlang mail list thread (2014): “Erlang is not a implementation of the Actor model (was Re: Go vs Erlang for distribution)”
  • Processes with links/monitors, mailboxes, and messages
  • Actor Model and Process Calculi
  • Selective Receive and Complexity

• Golang dev maillist: rlang concepts modeled in Go

• Session Typing for a Featherweight Erlang
• Stackoverflow - erlang - how to limit message queue or emulate it?

Clojure

• core.async API Reference
• Mastering Concurrent Processes with core.async
• Clojure maillist: Mimic erlang in core.async
• Go tutorials translated to core.async
• Okku tutorials
  • Getting Started Tutorial
  • Akka Remoting Tutorial for Okku

CSP, Actor Model, and π-Calculi

• Stackoverflow: The actor model: Why is erlang special?
• Concurrency in Erlang & Scala: The Actor Model
• A gentle introduction to Process Algebras*
• Differences between the Actor Model and Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP)