Fowler's talk addressed issues arising from "mixing metaphors" by having both channels and Actors in our programming languages.
The point of this post is to point out that channels are best understood as Actors that take put and get messages thereby achieving a unification in our programming languages and conceptual framework.
Of course, a channel can be conceived as a "living entity" and an Actor can be used as a "transit mechanism."
The point of this post is to point out that channels are best understood as Actors that take put and get messages thereby achieving a unification in our programming languages and conceptual framework.
Of course, a channel can be conceived as a "living entity" and an Actor can be used as a "transit mechanism."