@dcz I worked on research about parallel programming modelsa few years ago, here is one of the papers: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2013.09.006
You can read the introduction part without subscription, it's a kind of overview of parallel programming approaches including something about the actor model.
@eliasr I found tha the actor model is actually workable! But I can see how those familiar with the usual C/C++/Java free-for-all threading might revolt at the thought :)