>No, it just means they don't have dependencies on each other. In this >case, it means you could create a transactional layer on top of >cassandra, without having to make it part of the core.
Now I Understand, thank you. On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Benoit Perroud <ben...@noisette.ch> > wrote: > > "orthogonal" means "90 degrees". Two lines are orthogonal if the > > cross at 90 degrees. > > > > Two ideas are orthogonal means that they are not compatible. > > No, it just means they don't have dependencies on each other. In this > case, it means you could create a transactional layer on top of > cassandra, without having to make it part of the core. >
