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convolvatronyesterday at 10:42 PM2 repliesview on HN

eventual consistency as generally used doesn't guarantee that events are presented in the same order. I use 'monotonic consistency' for that, but idk how common that is.


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AlotOfReadingtoday at 12:07 AM

Order independence/monotonicity is strong EC rather than regular EC.

mrkeenyesterday at 10:45 PM

Yes, same-ordering gives you EC, not the other round.