# Forward-Only Processing / Backtracking Algorithm

> "forward-only-processing" (execution-core layer) is traded against "Backtracking Algorithm" (execution-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Backtracking Algorithm" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:backtracking-algorithm-forward-only-processing`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-backtracking-algorithm-forward-only-processing

## tensions-with

- [Forward-Only Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/forward-only-processing.md)
- [Backtracking Algorithm](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/backtracking-algorithm.md)