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That's stupid. Two is prime - which does allow for deadlock. And for odd primes, why are they better than just odds?
by smanek 18y ago
That's stupid. Two is prime - which does allow for deadlock. And for odd primes, why are they better than just odds?
- sho 18y agoBecause a group of 9, say, can deadlock into 3 groups of 3. Sorry, I think I was supposed to exclude 2.
- smanek 18y agoFair enough. But, in my experience, most issues that cause deadlock reduce to binary decisions - in which case having an odd number of deciders is sufficient. If you have to account for n-ary decisions, then you can never be to guaranteed to be free from deadlock no matter how many deciders you have (trivially, consider the case where n equals the number of deciders).