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Show HN: CasCache – multi-generational cache with optimistic concurrency control (github.com)
20 points by unkn0wn_root 296 days ago
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In a data context CAS expands to content addressible storage. CasCache is "compare and set cache" which is definitely cool and useful as well as totally different from what I initially thought it was.
In a cache context CAS is compare and swap, content addressable didn’t cross my mind