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by r0naa 3914 days ago
This is a bit early for #ThrowbackThursday!

More seriously, if the topic is of interest to you, I recommend Tanenbaum's book on Distributed Systems. In particular, the chapter 4 explains the rationale behind vector, or logical, clocks using very down-to-earth examples. I did not realize how time synchronization could be such a pain before reading it.

More generally, Tanenbaum's books are always of really high quality. There are maybe slightly outdated, but if you are looking to learn about the fundamentals - it is a safe bet.

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Thanks for the book rec! Something that moves from Lamport's short, theoretical (but awesome) piece to concrete examples is exactly what I need. Will check it out.