# Notes on Monty and the Actor Model

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**Created:** [March 18, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/notes-on-monty-and-the-actor-model/501 "2025-03-18T19:54:48Z")\
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It’s been a while since I reviewed options for the actor model in Python, but when I started an ongoing personal project a couple years ago, I ended up deciding to use Akka and Scala instead (in part because the pattern matching is so rich, and I think in part due to GIL issues). In particular I’m using Akka 2.6’s typed Behaviors DSL, which allows for more functional-style programming.I haven’t looked at Pykka in a while (or Pekko) but I think Akka can be a good reference point.

(I just recently started with the idea of voting with my actors, [thanks to this recent comment](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/trying-to-understand-voting-process/482/4).)

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