So simple that even an eight year old can understand it.
Here’s a link I was sent byDominic Delmolino (another Oak Table member) a few days ago: it’s not a bad model of how things can go in an Oracle database.
For further reading, try Cary Millsap’s book – especially chapter 9.
Oracle Scratchpad 
When the eight year olds tell me how to get to the train on time without having control over the intervening traffic, I’ll be impressed.
Comment by jgarry — June 9, 2011 @ 11:28 pm BST Jun 9,2011 |
Different problem – that one’s a variation of the Prisoner’s Dilemma (or Prisoners’ Dilemma, as I prefer to call it).
Comment by Jonathan Lewis — June 10, 2011 @ 10:50 am BST Jun 10,2011 |