Implement Vector Clocks

happens-before vs concurrency

Challenge 5 of Partitioning & ReplicationIntermediate~50 min

Track causality across distributed processes: increment on local events, merge on message receipt, and compare clocks to tell causal ordering from true concurrency.

5 steps

1. 1Ticking the Clock
2. 2Merging on Receive
3. 3Happens-Before
4. 4Concurrency Detection
5. 5Comparing Events