Hi Tomas,
> > As the tell -> hear mechanism is a pipe, it behaves like a fifo. So I
> > would expect that this would suffice.
>
> Not due to the logic of the algorithm, e.g. when the philosopher is
> hungry, he must hand over dirty forks immediately but not clean forks.
> He must remember that he
Hi Alex,
>> The fifo is there to defer requests for chopsticks when the
>> philosopher is hungry or eating. Do you have any other mechanism in
>> mind?
>
> As the tell -> hear mechanism is a pipe, it behaves like a fifo. So I
> would expect that this would suffice.
Not due to the logic of the al
