Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 17 Dec 2005 11:59:14 +0100 | From | Sander <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation |
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Erik Mouw wrote (ao): > On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 05:52:55PM +0100, Erik Mouw 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... > > Last night I've been browsing a little more through Dijkstra's papers, > and in a completely unrelated paper[1] about a now obsolete computer I > found that "prolaag" is a neologism coming from "probeer te verlagen", > which means "try and decrease".
"probeer te verlagen" translates to "try to decrease".
"try and decrease" would be "probeer en verlaag".
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