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		bickfordb on July 26, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Datomic Free Edition How is this different than isolation / repeatable reads in SQL transactions?

richhickey on July 26, 2012 [–]

a) It can occur over time and place - i.e. I can communicate a basis point (tiny, a long) to you, and 3 days later you can look at exactly what I saw

b)It doesn't require any coordination, read locks, MVCC etc

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