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rdtsc
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Spanner: Google's Globally-Distributed Database
I know CouchDB doesn't do read locking. What are other ones out there?
coolestuk
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Not doing read locking is not a game-changer.
Firebird doesn't do read locking. Neither does Lotus Notes. Both have been around about 20 years.
Locke1689
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Not doing read locking
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pdog
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Postgres and Oracle?
mace
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PostgreSQL uses MVCC to ensure ACID compliance without read locks. Uncommitted concurrent transactions are isolated from each other.
jackowayed
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