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"The two generals problem has the assumption of finite communication speed as its foundation." No. The messages could as well be delivered instantaneously, the
by praptak 16y ago
"The two generals problem has the assumption of finite communication speed as its foundation."
No. The messages could as well be delivered instantaneously, the impossibility proof does not take advantage of non-finite delivery time.
- cassandravoiton 16y agoI see your point. However, if information transfer is actually infinitely fast then the to physical points become one point in information space and the two generals become one general.
- praptak 16y agoNo, not in the presence of delivery failures.
- cassandravoiton 16y agoCan you fail to deliver something if there is no time in which the failure can occur? Not sure...