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Actors

Mar 18, 20261 min read

What are actors?

Basic definition in the context of tokio in rust:

An actor is a background task that uses message passing channels to communicate with the rest of the program.

Actors with Tokio - a lesson in ownership - Alice Ryhl


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  • Dynamic Dispatch
  • Exercise: Actors

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