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Sounds interesting. Is there an intuitive definition of monotonicity for the purposes of distributed systems? I mean, I thought I knew what it means, but I’m no
by klabb3 3y ago
Sounds interesting. Is there an intuitive definition of monotonicity for the purposes of distributed systems? I mean, I thought I knew what it means, but I’m not too sure now.
- j-pb 3y agoYou never take something back. A grow set for example only ever grows. A monotonic counter only ever grows. Even a set where you can insert and delete once is like a set of counters that only ever grow (nothing: 0, added:1, removed:2). Forgetting for example is fine, but deletion is not.