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ahmett on Aug 29, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Readings in Databases

Paxos paper is in "Basics" category just like it is meant to be a joke. Even the "Paxos made simple" paper is not easily understood by graduate students as many studies have shown. (see Raft paper for a study on this.)

marcosdumay on Aug 29, 2014 [–]

A "basic" concept is one that other concepts improve upon. The popular association with "easy" is not always true.

twic on Aug 29, 2014 | [–]

That sounds more like a fundamental concept than a basic one.

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