Re:Why is IRC distributed across multiple servers?
by throwaway20371 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @02:11PM
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> The most basic case is if there's absolutely no method of exchanging information from point A to point B. Then agents at A and B will not be able to communicate. That's it.
That's not it. The most basic case is if there's no linearizeability between A and B. A and B can continue communicating but fail the C in CAP if linearizeability fails. Hence we shouldn't compare everything to CAP.
That's not it. The most basic case is if there's no linearizeability between A and B. A and B can continue communicating but fail the C in CAP if linearizeability fails. Hence we shouldn't compare everything to CAP.