Actor Model: newbie question.

You might start with the "horse's mouth", as it were: http://lamp.epfl.ch/~phaller/actors.html

> From: giulio.petrucci@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:23:22 +0200
> Subject: [scala-user] Actor Model: newbie question.
> To: scala-user@googlegroups.com
>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm Giulio and I write from Italy... and here is my first thread. :-)
> I've a (not so) strong background in OO programming and a less-strong
> background in functional programming. I'm learning scala and I'd like
> to know a bit more about actors. Could anyone suggest me a good
> introduction to actors which can fit my cultural background (e.g.
> building actors in an OO language), with both a practical approach and
> a theoretical one?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Giulio
>
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