title: Is there any light weight actors in Akka?
body: <p>My use case is very simple - to exchange few (&lt; 100) messages between two objects, Scala actors were excellent for this purpose (light weight, no complicated life cycle management, start/terminate at any time). </p>
  
  <p>Now I am migrating from Scala Actors to Akka, however I can no longer find those light weight Actors!</p>
  
  <p>With Akka, not only I need to create ActorSystem/Props for Actor creation, but also need to take care of the life cycle of ActorSystem.</p>
  
  <p>Is there an Akka Actor which does not require complicated ActorSystem life cycle management?</p>