Ractors
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What is Ractors?
Ractors are an actor-model-based concurrency abstraction in Ruby, designed to allow for parallel execution. They provide a way to isolate data and execution between different parts of a program, minimizing shared mutable state and thus simplifying concurrent programming by preventing common issues like race conditions. Each Ractor runs in its own thread and has its own isolated heap, communicating with other Ractors through message passing.
Free resources to learn Ractors
- Official docsRactor
- ArticleAn Introduction to Ractors in Ruby
More in stage 18: Metaprogramming
Ractors: common questions
Can I learn Ractors in Hindi?
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Is this Ractors tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 64 of 102 in the free Ruby roadmap, in stage 18, Metaprogramming. If you are new to Ruby, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.