Reactive Messaging Patterns with the Actor Model: Applications and Integration in Scala and Akka

Acknowledgments

I’d like to express many thanks to Addison-Wesley for selecting this book to publish under their distinguished label. I once again got to work with Chris Guzikowski and Chris Zahn as my editors. I especially thank Chris Guzikowski for his patience while major sections of the book underwent drastic changes in response to modifications to the Akka toolkit. In the end, I am sure it was worth the wait.

What would a book on the Actor model be without acknowledging Carl Hewitt and the work he did and continues to do? Dr. Hewitt and his colleagues introduced the world to a simple yet most ingenious model of computation that has only become more applicable over time.

I also thank the Akka team for the fine work they have done with the ...