"Charles Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sure I understand how semaphores were used as a general purpose
signalling mechanism, but it was from their use as excusion flags for
trains (as Dave mentions above) that I thought the name (and
semantics) were borrowed for computers. Anyone know for sure?
I'd say it was highly probable - seems logical, doesn't it? I don't know who
created the use of semaphores in concurrent programming, but the use seems
analogous to railway signaling for traffic management...
cheers,
Divya
