Hi Patrick, I've been deeply involved in Scala for many years, but haven't done much yet with Akka. I did notice Akka seemed to be using the same kind of name-based discovery as RMI, and also seemed to be trying to give a uniform API for remote and local calls. I think the way they are doing that is to make local calls asynchronous too, such that you just always program as if it is remote. Anyway I don't know the answer to your question, other than I expect people will see River as an old technology that isn't as sexy. I have wondered what a Scalified version of it would look like.
Bill On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Patrick Logan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was involved in a jini/javaspaces project five years ago, with good > success. Recently I've been trying Scala including the Akka "actors" > library. > > Akka has promise but has fewer capabilities than Jini and Javaspaces, > and is certainly less mature. > > I am wondering if anyone on the River list has been using Akka with or > without Scala? > > Might folks see River as a more mature, capable system worthy of a > revival now that Scala and Akka are attracting a lot of interest in a > related distributed programming model? > > Has anyone tried Scala with River (or related services such as Bllitz)? > > -Patrick > -- Bill Venners Artima, Inc. http://www.artima.com
