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Can't wait more to see the algorithm behind Google Wave. It may have failed(?) as a commercial product, but as a technical product it was kick-ass.

• JoachimSchipper 16y ago
  What algorithm in particular? I don't want to imply that getting everything to actually work is a small feat, but I wasn't aware of anything especially clever going on...
  • jankassens 16y ago
    The core algorithm is called "Operational Transformation". See http://www.codecommit.com/blog/java/understanding-and-applying-operational-transformation http://www.codecommit.com/blog/java/understanding-and-applyi...
    • JoachimSchipper 16y ago
      That's actually really cool, thanks!
    • mnemonik 16y ago
      I found this paper to be really helpful as well, which is linked to from that article: ftp://ftp.lambda.moo.mud.org/pub/MOO/papers/JupiterWin.ps
    • axod 16y ago
      Doesn't look like rocket science. Also using XML is just... hrmmm I'm not sure there's anything that technically impressive that came out of wave.