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One Thing I Really Hate About the JVM

By Dave, on April 15th, 2011

Whilst I think the Java Virtual Machine is generally speaking a fantastic piece of kit, there is one thing that I really hate about it: I can’t stop threads!!!

Sure, there’s a method called Thread.stop() … but it’s deprecated. There’s even a whole article devoted to why it should be deprecated.

Great.  That’s just . . . → Read More: One Thing I Really Hate About the JVM

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Actors on the JVM

By Dave, on March 22nd, 2011

The Actor Model is an interesting alternative to the standard threading model used in languages like Java. Its been around for a while, but Erlang has recently brought it into the mainstream. Roughly speaking, an actor corresponds to a Thread, except that actors do not share state. Actors communicate by sending messages, and Synchronisation . . . → Read More: Actors on the JVM

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Implementing Actors on the JVM

By Dave, on October 25th, 2010

Whiley adopts the Actor model of concurrency, instead of the traditional multi-threading approach used in e.g. Java.  The actor model is simple and easy to use, and is less likely to result in complex race conditions or deadlocks. The Actor Model has been around for a while, but Erlang has recently brought it into . . . → Read More: Implementing Actors on the JVM

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