Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design
by wbl on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:04PM
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Banking uses eventual consistency all over the place. Unsurprising given they started with letters going by ship and courier.
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Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design
by segmondy on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:27PM
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Exactly, I think that folks forget that ATMs operate like that, if the network is down ATM doesn't stop working. That's why folk's account can go below $0. Banks have been operating distributed systems with eventual consistency for a very long time.