Explain why concurrent systems (such as operating systems) are difficult to test. Explain why transaction processing applications, even though they are concurrent, do not have these same difficulties.

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There are an astronomical number of interleavings, which are hard to replicate, so if the system fails it is difficult to reproduce the situation that caused the failure. The TP Monitor ensures that all schedules are atomic, isolated, and durable, and hence these properties do not have to be tested.

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