jason_at_orly

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   by jason_at_orly 12y ago

   True, but an ATM one thing, big transactions are different. And the high volume, highly available transactions are constrained to pools which are themselves handled with pessimism. You won't be able to walk away with a large wire trans
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   by jason_at_orly 12y ago

   Differing views are a fact of life, but inconsistent views needn't be. But I think what you're asking is a question of how long a lag your app is willing to tolerate between Alice and Bob. Orly lets you set limits on that lag but
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   by jason_at_orly 12y ago

   Banking systems use limited availability rather than tolerate inconsistency. Banks are pessimistic.
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   by jason_at_orly 12y ago

   In strict CAP terms, eventual concurrency is a form of limited availability, but it's a special enough case that I think it deserves separate consideration.