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953 B
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22 lines
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# Ratchet
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> A process that is perceived to be changing steadily in a series of irreversible steps.
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> The unstoppable march of history; if not progress.
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Ratchet is a durable signaling mechanism.
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Ratchet provides tools for implementing _durable_ messaging, event and request/response patterns useful for implementing reliable multiprocess or distributed architectures.
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By _durable_, we mean that an acceptably performant commit log is used to record all signals and any changes to their states.
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The decision to adopt an architectural commit log such as that implemented in Ratchet enables the components of a system to be more failure oblivious and pushes the overall system towards monotone or ratcheted behavior. If state was committed prior to a failure, it can easily be recovered. If state was not committed,
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## License
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Mirrored from https://git.arrdem.com/arrdem/ratchet
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Published under the MIT license. See [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md)
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