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Lamport on writing "Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System"

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What it is

A short clip from an ACM and Computer History Museum interview in which Leslie Lamport discusses writing his paper on time, clocks and the ordering of events. He explains its link to special relativity.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a primary source for Lamport's relativity inspiration behind logical clocks in distributed systems threads.

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  1. “This short clip [0] from that interview is worth a watch.”

    Short clip of Lamport discussing writing his clocks paper

    chatmasta, 2024-02 · Recommendation

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Topics: leslie lamport, distributed systems, lamport clocks, special relativity, computing history

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