Code Examples for

Actors in Scala

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2 Messages All the Way Up

  • 2.1 Control flow and data flow
  • 2.2 Actors and messages
  • 2.3 Actor creation
  • 2.4 Actor events
  • 2.5 Asynchronous communication
  • 2.6 You've got mail: indeterminacy and the role of the arbiter
  • 2.7 Actor life cycle

    • 2.1 Control flow and data flow

    
if (currentSpeed != desiredSpeed)  
  changeSpeed(desiredSpeed - currentSpeed) 
else 
  maintainSpeed()

    2.2 Actors and messages

    2.3 Actor creation

    2.4 Actor events

    2.5 Asynchronous communication

    2.6 You've got mail: indeterminacy and the role of the arbiter

    2.7 Actor life cycle

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