Semaphore Questions

[Johan Vromans]

>From article <7640 at boring.cwi.nl>, by siebren at cwi.nl (Siebren van der Zee):
> In article <45000017 at uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> jozwiak at uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
>> I was just wondering if anyone knew what Dijkstra's
>>semaphore functions P and V stood for in Dutch?
>>  john

I remember from long ago ...

  P = Pakken    (meaning: take, reserve)
  V = Vrijgeven (meaning: free)

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	Johan