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Please stop calling databases CP or AP
This blog post has been translated into Russian , Japanese , Chinese , and Chinese again . For more detail on problems with CAP, and a proposal for an alternative, please see my paper A Critique of the CAP Theorem .
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Databases & DataSystems & Performance2015
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2015 | Please stop calling databases CP or AP by martinkl | 200 | 34 |
| Sep 7, 2020 | Please stop calling databases CP or AP (2015) by reese_john | 151 | 51 |
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