Semaphore Questions

Stephen J. Friedl friedl at vsi.UUCP
Thu Sep 15 12:12:35 AEST 1988


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?

In article <801 at philmds.UUCP>, hulsebos at philmds.UUCP (Rob Hulsebos) writes:
>[good tale]
> 
> Dijkstra is, to my knowledge, still alive and currently lecturing
> in Texas. You may want to ask it himself.

He's at University of Texas at Austin, don't know his address.  I
think he got an endowed chair or something.

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