title: In Erlang how is using registered processes different from global variables in a traditional language?
body: <p>To me they seem to be the same thing, its just that registered processes are disguised by the terminology "actors".</p>
  
  <p>Update:</p>
  
  <p>I have since seen the error in my way of thinking. I guess as I am new to Erlang I was using actors in places where they did not belong at all (is there an anti-pattern name for this somewhere?)</p>