Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-12 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Hi Christopher, just mentioned what I read here (Where Jens pointed me to): https://pkgd.racket-lang.org/pkgn/search?q=actors+ So, I did not realize the package was a cute little newborn :) Congrats anyway with this kid's birth and may it have a prosperous life. /Arie 2018-05-11 22:22 GMT+02:00

Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-11 Thread Christopher Lemmer Webber
I just barely put up Goblins on the package repo this week. I haven't actually tested loading it on another machine, so I'm (literally) not sure what issues there are. :) The maintainer (me) is active, but it's pre-alpha. Arie van Wingerden writes: > Thx. Jens! > > Both packages appear to have

Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-11 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Hi Christopher, 2018-05-11 15:31 GMT+02:00 Christopher Lemmer Webber : > > In comparison to Syndicate, Goblins is less a new language and more a > lightweight library for actors that interfaces nicely with "#lang > racket" type code > ​.. > For me personally Goblin would be the better choice I t

Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-11 Thread Christopher Lemmer Webber
Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) writes: > Goblins is definitely under active development, as it was newly started. > > cwebber is active on the list. Goblins is new, but being actively developed indeed: https://gitlab.com/spritely/goblins In comparison to Syndicate, Goblins is less a new language and more

Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-11 Thread 韋嘉誠
Goblins is definitely under active development, as it was newly started. cwebber is active on the list. -- /c On Thu, May 10, 2018, 19:33 Arie van Wingerden wrote: > Thx. Jens! > > Both packages appear to have some issues. > Are their maintainers still active? > > /Arie > > 2018-05-10 12:

Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-10 Thread Neil Van Dyke
After looking through Tony G.'s dissertation that Matthias linked, if you're not already familiar with Racket's package system, I think this is how to get the software... The Racket package catalog entry is at: https://pkgs.racket-lang.org/package/syndicate The catalog page links to the docume

Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-10 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Thx. Matthias! 2018-05-10 14:29 GMT+02:00 Matthias Felleisen : > > Please see syndicate-lang. And yes, the language is very much alive and > maintained. You may want to look at > > https://www2.ccs.neu.edu/racket/pubs/#dissertation-garnock-jones > > and read the chapter on examples. Tony has wri

Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-10 Thread Matthias Felleisen
Please see syndicate-lang. And yes, the language is very much alive and maintained. You may want to look at https://www2.ccs.neu.edu/racket/pubs/#dissertation-garnock-jones and read the chapter on examples. Tony has written a bunch of programs in Syndicate, including a DNS proxy server, a fu

Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-10 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Thx. Jens! Both packages appear to have some issues. Are their maintainers still active? /Arie 2018-05-10 12:54 GMT+02:00 Jens Axel Søgaard : > The Package Index has two suggestions: goblins and syndicate. > Haven't tried any of them. > > https://pkgd.racket-lang.org/pkgn/search?q=actors+ > > /

Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-10 Thread Jens Axel Søgaard
The Package Index has two suggestions: goblins and syndicate. Haven't tried any of them. https://pkgd.racket-lang.org/pkgn/search?q=actors+ /Jens Axel 2018-05-10 12:45 GMT+02:00 Arie van Wingerden : > Hi, > > having a shortlist of favorite programming languages: > - Lisp like > - actor based >