Visualization
Textbook Lamport Timeline
Left-to-right lanes with event dots and message arrowsA teaching model of two clock algorithms, not a distributed system. Lamport timestamps give a one-way implication only: if a happened before b then L(a) < L(b), but a smaller timestamp does not mean the event came first, which is exactly the mistake the vector view exists to show. Messages here are never lost, duplicated, reordered in flight or delivered after a crash, and no process ever fails, so the concurrency counts are properties of this simulation and not of any real deployment. Provided as-is, without warranty, and used at your own risk. The site-wide notice carries the full terms.