From Lamport's paper: > two generals have to come to a common agreement on whether to attack or retreat, but can communicate only by sending messengers who mig

From Lamport's paper: > two generals have to come to a common agreement on whether to attack or retreat, but can communicate only by sending messengers who might never arrive. I stole the idea of the generals and posed the problem in terms of a group of generals, some of whom may be traitors, who have to reach a common decision.