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Actually, the original Paxos paper is about a "forgotten Greek island, Paxos, and its Parliament". And allegedly he presented it in an Indiana Jones outfit the
by cube2222 7y ago
Actually, the original Paxos paper is about a "forgotten Greek island, Paxos, and its Parliament". And allegedly he presented it in an Indiana Jones outfit the first time.
Byzantine generals were there in one of his earlier papers.
- perennate 7y agoLink for anyone who wants to check it out: https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-paxos.pdf https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-paxos.pdf
- truncate 7y agoYep, the original Paxos paper wasn't easy to understand, and he says so in his follow up paper "Paxos made simple"[1] whose name justifies its existence as well. [1] https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/paxos-simple.pdf https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/paxos-simple.pdf