All the above 1,2,3 Semaphores help to prevent race conditions in a program. They help in process synchronization by allowing multiple processes access to a common shared memory . and they also solve the problem of mutual exclusion allowing only a single process in a critical region at a time.
Correct me if i am wrong. On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Kamakshii Aggarwal <kamakshi...@gmail.com>wrote: > semaphores are used to solve the problem of? > 1.process synchronization > 2.race around > 3.mutual exclusion. > > -- > Regards, > Kamakshi > kamakshi...@gmail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Regards Rajeev N B <http://www.opensourcemania.co.cc> "*Winners Don't do Different things , they do things Differently"* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.