Actor Model Middle History
In computer science, the Actor model, first published in 1973 (Hewitt et al. 1973), is a mathematical model of concurrent computation. This article reports on the middle history of the Actor model in which major themes were initial implementations, initial applications, and development of the first proof theory and denotational model. It is the follow on article to Actor model early history which reports on the early history of the Actor model which concerned the basic development of the concepts. The article Actor model later history reports on developments after the ones reported in this article.
Read more about Actor Model Middle History: Proving Properties of Actor Systems, Garbage Collection, Actor Programming Languages, A Denotational Model of Actor Systems
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