What are messages in actor programming?

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Published on 2010-06-11T09:25:18Z Indexed on 2010/06/11 11:12 UTC
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This question describes what actors are in actor programming. What are messages? How can you avoid shared state if you send an object in a message (assuming objects exist in actor programming)?

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