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Program.cs

$ dotnet add package Akka // install

// Define an actor
public class GreeterActor : ReceiveActor
{
    public GreeterActor()
    {
        // pattern match on message types
        Receive<string>(message =>
        {
            Sender.Tell($"Hello, {message}!");
        });
    }
}

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