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agree. the coupon problem would be best fixed with atomic database transactions. in fact, an entirely synchronous, 1-user-at-a-time server wouldn't fix this,
by novaleaf 10y ago
agree. the coupon problem would be best fixed with atomic database transactions.
in fact, an entirely synchronous, 1-user-at-a-time server wouldn't fix this, if there were two or more servers. and honestly, who would design any system that only supports 1 concurrent user?