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Maybe? I can't compare 50% to 100 billion. If your computer crashed every 100 billion instructions that would be a problem. If it crashed every other instruction, that would be very slightly more (or the same amount) of a problem.

The point is that if you have a function call, you have the opportunity for a bug/ failure. Networks don't change that - you have the opportunity for a bug/ failure. The major difference is that services have stronger failure isolation.



It sounds like you’re designing a very hypothetical bit of software.


As opposed to designing software that is already implemented?




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