ACT++: Building a Concurrent C++ with Actors

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dc.contributor.authorKafura, Dennis G.en
dc.contributor.authorLee, Keung Haeen
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-19T14:36:12Zen
dc.date.available2013-06-19T14:36:12Zen
dc.date.issued1989en
dc.description.abstractACT++ (Actors in C++) is a concurrent object-oriented language being designed for distributed real-time applications. The language is a hybrid of the actor kernel language and the object-oriented language C++. The concurrency abstraction of ACT++ is derived from the actor model as defined by Agha. This paper discusses our experience in building a concurrent extension of C++ with the concurrency abstraction of the actor model. The current design of ACT++ and its implementation are described. Some problems found in the Agha's actor model are discussed in the context of distributed real-time applications. The use of ACT++ disclosed the difficulty of combining the actor model of concurrency with class inheritance in an object-oriented language.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000155/en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000155/01/TR-89-18.pdfen
dc.identifier.trnumberTR-89-18en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/19514en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Universityen
dc.relation.ispartofHistorical Collection(Till Dec 2001)en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.titleACT++: Building a Concurrent C++ with Actorsen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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