In looking into Go recently it seems like one could analogize between Go and Scala/Akka, where an akka Actor is similar to a goroutine and an ActorRef is similar to a Go channel.
Other than platform type issues (JVM or not) what are the functional differences that would lead one to choose one or the other?
I feel like Scala / Akka is more mature. There is a bigger use community, and more momentum.
Other people won't agree, but to me Go still feels like a "me too", and I would not code anything serious in a "me too" language.
Disclaimer: I am the product owner of Akka
You could probably implement the Actor Model on top of goroutines and channels, but I see them as two distinctly different layers of abstraction.
Questions for the person choosing could be virtually anything but here are some suggestions:
If someone knows if there is an Actor Model impl for Golang I'd love a linky.