Limit on number of columns

Hello, For the limit of number of cells (columns *rows) per partition, I wonder what we mean by number of columns, since different rows may have different columns? Is the number of columns the number of columns of the biggest row,

RE: Why is Quorum not sufficient for Linearization?

Hello, The fact that things can always change immediately is not an obstacle to linearizability. The lack of linearizability manifests in inconsistency, i.e. you read from multiple nodes and get different results. What does Cassandra do in the case of inconsistent reads? Wait or repo