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by majewsky 2899 days ago
Semi-related soapbox: Can we all please stop saying "CAP theorem" and instead say "CAP rule"? The formulation of this supposed theorem is so vague that it can neither be proven nor disproven.
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logophobia 2899 days ago
It was proven in 2002, has a formal definition, so I'm going with calling it a theorem. Maybe this'll help: https://mwhittaker.github.io/blog/an_illustrated_proof_of_th... ?
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