#+title: The Actor Model

A design in [[file:20210310182044-software_architecture.org][Software Architecture]] in which [[file:20210323010700-process_isolation.org][Isolated Processes]] work together as a
[[file:20210323005824-distributed_systems.org][Distributed System]], coordinating via message passing. This is modeled similarly
to how interactions occur in nature.

This is remarkably similar to Alan Kay's initial concept of [[file:20210323011337-object_oriented_programming.org][Object-Oriented
Programming]].