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Asked: 2026-05-16T02:55:03+00:00

I’ve just discovered the MailboxProcessor in F# and it’s usage as a state machine

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I’ve just discovered the MailboxProcessor in F# and it’s usage as a “state machine” … but I can’t find much on the recommended usage of them.

For example… say I’m making a simple game with 100 on-screen enemies should I use a MailboxProcessor to change enemy position and health; giving me 200 active MailboxProcessor?

Is there any clever thread management going on under the hood? should I try and limit the amount of active MailboxProcessor I have or can I keep banging them out willy-nilly?

Thanks in advance,

JD.

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  1. Editorial Team

    As per

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    you can bang them out willy-nilly. Try it! They use the ThreadPool. I have not tried this for a real-time GUI game app, but I would not be surprised if this is ‘good enough’.

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