Actor model & D

Sat Nov 11 20:37:59 UTC 2017

On Saturday, 11 November 2017 at 18:30:33 UTC, Dmitry Olshansky 
wrote:
> On Saturday, 11 November 2017 at 13:31:20 UTC, Ola Fosheim 
> Grøstad wrote:
>> On Monday, 19 August 2013 at 03:11:00 UTC, Luís Marques wrote:
>>> Can anyone please explain me what it means for the D language 
>>> to follow the Actor model, as the relevant Wikipedia page 
>>> says it does? [1]
>>>
>>> [1] 
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model#Later_Actor_programming_languages
>>
>> The page is largely unverified, i.e. nobody cares that it is 
>> full of errors…
>>
>> D does not follow the actor model in any way shape or form…
>
> Wat? std.concurrency is message passing where an actor is 
> either a Fiber or Thread.

That's a library and it does not have much to do with actors, 
i.e. it does not ensure that every actor is an independent entity.