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A comment on The Limits of the CAP Theorem. Parent comment

Re:The Limits of the CAP Theorem by readams on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:34PM (#14647426)
Allowing stale reads is a pretty weak version of consistency.
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Re:The Limits of the CAP Theorem by falcolas on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:45PM (#14647532)
The reads, per the design doc, can't get stale, because the values can't be updated until the lease ends.
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