Concurrency Comparison: Go v/s Elixir

Posted on 30 Jan, 2023
Goroutines = CSP Process​
One goroutine only knows about channels, its not aware about other goroutines.
There are anonymous
Message passing is synchronous.
Go routines are managed by Go runtime.
Avg size in order on 2KB.
Example
go someFunction()
Elixir Process = Actor Model​
Processes communicate directly to each other
Elixir process has an id (non-anonymous).
Managed by BEAM Virtual Machine.
Separate stack & heap.
Average size of 0.5KB.
Example
spawn(fn -> ... end)
Resources
​Anna Neyzberg & Hannah Howard - Go vs Elixir: A concurrency comparison | Code BEAM SF 19​
​Discussion on r/elixir about Go v/s Elixir​
​The Soul of Erlang and Elixir • Sasa Juric • GOTO 2019 - MUST WATCH!
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Concurrency Comparison: Go v/s Elixir

Goroutines = CSP Process​

Example

Elixir Process = Actor Model​

Example

Resources

Goroutines = CSP Process

Elixir Process = Actor Model