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title: "Discussion on \"Actors in Go: How lockstep Runs One Actor in Your Program and in Tests\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Actors in Go: How lockstep Runs One Actor in Your Program and in Tests\". lockstep is an actor runtime for Go. The same actor code runs in your program on a pool of worker goroutines, and in `go test` on a simulated network with virtual time."
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# [Actors in Go: How lockstep Runs One Actor in Your Program and in Tests](https://hmdsefi.hashnode.dev/actors-in-go-how-lockstep-runs-one-actor-in-your-program-and-in-tests?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

lockstep is an actor runtime for Go. The same actor code runs in your program on a pool of worker goroutines, and in \`go test\` on a simulated network with virtual time.

Nov 2 · 15 min read · hmdsefi.hashnode.dev  
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