languagefun/libcppa

A C++11 actor library

libcppa

libcppa is an LGPL C++11 actor model implementation featuring lightweight & fast actor implementations, pattern matching for messages, network transparent messaging, and more.

On the Web

• Blog: http://libcppa.org
• Manual (PDF): http://neverlord.github.com/libcppa/manual/manual.pdf
• Manual (HTML): http://neverlord.github.com/libcppa/manual/index.html
• Documentation: http://neverlord.github.com/libcppa/
• Project Homepage: http://www.realmv6.org/libcppa.html
• Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/libcppa

Get the Sources

• git clone git://github.com/Neverlord/libcppa.git
• cd libcppa

First Steps

• ./configure
• make
• make install [as root, optional]

It is recommended to run the unit tests as well.

• make test

Please submit a bug report that includes (a) your compiler version, (b) your OS, and (c) the content of the file build/Testing/Temporary/LastTest.log if an error occurs.

Dependencies

• CMake
• Pthread (until C++11 compilers support the new thread_local keyword)
• Optional: Boost.Context (enables context-switching actors)

Supported Compilers

• GCC >= 4.7
• Clang >= 3.2

Supported Operating Systems

• Linux
• Mac OS X
• Note for MS Windows: libcppa relies on C++11 features such as variadic templates. We will support this platform as soon as Microsoft's compiler implements all required C++11 features.