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Actor Model of a New Functional Language - Anemone

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Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics (PPAM 2017)

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This paper describes actor system of a new functional language called Anemone and compares it with actor systems of Scala and Erlang. Implementation details of the actor system are described. Performance evaluation is provided on sequential and concurrent programs.

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This research was financed by AGH University of Science and Technology Statutory Fund.

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  1. VirtusLab, Smoleńsk 21/15, 31-108, Krakow, Poland

    Paweł Batko

  2. Department of Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Krakow, Poland

    Marcin Kuta

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  1. Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland

    Roman Wyrzykowski

  2. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

    Jack Dongarra

  3. University of Southern California, Marina Del Rey, California, USA

    Ewa Deelman

  4. Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland

    Konrad Karczewski

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Batko, P., Kuta, M. (2018). Actor Model of a New Functional Language - Anemone. In: Wyrzykowski, R., Dongarra, J., Deelman, E., Karczewski, K. (eds) Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics. PPAM 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10778. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78054-2_20

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