This shows celluloid actors do not block

Calculating primes

require 'hollywood'
require 'prime'

class Blocker
  def update message
    start_time = Time.now
    primes = []
    Prime.each(7777777) do |prime|
      primes << prime
    end
    end_time = Time.now
    puts '*********************************'
    puts "Done in #{end_time - start_time}"
    puts '*********************************'
  end
end

class GetsBlocked
  def initialize
    @time = Time.now
  end


  def update message
    puts "I'm still alive #{Time.now - @time}"
    @time = Time.now
  end
end

class Marsheller < Hollywood::Marshaller
  supervise Hollywood::Pulse,
    as: :pulse,
    args: ['pulse',interval: 2]

  supervise Hollywood::MessagingWrapper,
    as: :blocker,
    args: [Blocker.new, 'pulse', 'blocker']

  supervise Hollywood::MessagingWrapper,
    as: :gets_blocked,
    args: [GetsBlocked.new, 'pulse', 'gets_blocked']
end


Marsheller.run

Celuloid test

require 'hollywood'

class Blocker
  def update message
    while true do
    end
    pust "**************************"
    pust "Will never get here"
    pust "**************************"
  end
end

class GetsBlocked
  def update message
    puts "I'm still alive #{Time.now}"
  end
end

class Marsheller < Hollywood::Marshaller
  supervise Hollywood::Pulse,
    as: :pulse,
    args: ['pulse',interval: 2]

  supervise Hollywood::MessagingWrapper,
    as: :blocker,
    args: [Blocker.new, 'pulse', 'blocker']

  supervise Hollywood::MessagingWrapper,
    as: :gets_blocked,
    args: [GetsBlocked.new, 'pulse', 'gets_blocked']
end


Marsheller.run