Sean T Allen

> As for "overloaded" and "under pressure" I think given that those are both backpressure related I would categorize them into that system as the cause of muting. Of course...

@rhagenson I think that definition of dead is not quite right. To be dead an actor also can't be registered with the asio system to receive events. Or current definitions...

@rhagenson yes, Alive should have been "has messages in its queue". I've edited accordingly.

Running and Executing are the same thing. Blocked is applicable to both Alive and Dead. Either can be blocked. But a blocked actor can be alive in that it can...

Only Dead actors can be GCed. Alive means they can't be GCed because they are still capable of receiving messages. Dead - can be GCed Alive - can not be...

Yes, and whatever auth we supply to VCSs should be the minimal required.

It was someone learning pony and recording it. Beyond that, I don't remember

Why? You need to provide problems that exist and how this will solve it, otherwise its just features for the sake of features.

@ponylang/core can I get your input on the plan outlined in this issue? If you are good with the general approach, I can start to flesh out the plan.

@mfelsche i'll handle it.