Subject: Re: semaphore
To: None <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/21/2002 11:46:27
>I thought one purpose of the newlock branch was (among other things)
>about improving the API to our locking primitives. At least for folks
>who don't speak dutch, semaphores typically have a *HORRID* API.
>Which operation is "p" and which one is "v" again?
hmm...i don't remember either.
% dict semaphore
...
P and V stand for Dutch "Proberen", to test, and "Verhogen",
to increment. The value of a semaphore is the number of units
...
ah. funky.
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