Without wanting to derail the conversation too much.

Its original designer, Sylvan Clebsch, is nowadays working at Microsoft Research on languages like Verona [0], the last paper he contributed to, which has Guido as well among the collaborators, is about adding regions to dynamic languages, using Python as example implementation,

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/dynamic...

[0] - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/project-ver...

▲

CharlieDigital 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Notable the Microsoft has not one but two actor model "frameworks": Orleans (for .NET) and Dapr Actors (for containerized workloads).

▲

guiriduro 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

The .NET ecosystem itself has another mature actor-based framework in Akka.NET, being probably closest to the Erlang/Elixir supervisor style, in C#/F#.

	▲	halfmatthalfcat 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Highly recommend Akka(.NET). Batteries included framework that scales really well.

▲

pjmlp 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Probably even more, most folks aren't aware of how many research is sponsored by Microsoft Research across all their university sites.

▲

threatofrain 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Is Verona still receiving attention? Seems like a quiet project.

	▲	titzer 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Last I chatted with Tobias Wrigstad, work is still happening on Verona.
	▲	pjmlp 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The paper I mentioned, is also done as part of Verona project https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/project-ver... Maybe they are now mostly behind MS walls, or have indeed decided to look elsewhere for their research goals.