Messages in this thread | | | From | (Dick Streefland) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation | Date | Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:23:11 -0000 |
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Erik Mouw <erik@harddisk-recovery.com> wrote: | Just FYI, according to Dijkstra[1] V means "verhoog" which is dutch for | "increase". P means "prolaag" which isn't a dutch word, just something | Dijkstra invented. I guess he did that because "decrease" is "verlaag" | in dutch and that would give you the confusing V() and V() | operations... | | Other explanations you see in dutch CS courses are "passeer" (pass), | "probeer" (try), "vrijgave" (unlock).
As far as I can remember, P() stands for "pakken" (grab) and V() stands for "vrijgeven" (release).
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