Re: Oops assist...

Jason Smith (mtrausch@dialup-1-15-pb.wcnet.org)
Thu, 6 May 1999 16:48:13 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 7 May 1999, Manfred Spraul wrote:
>
> And: if we deserialize the filesystem, this will often fail,
> because the 'kill thread' might cause a lost semaphore, and thus
> a deadlock.
>

OK, I've not taken any Computer Science or anything =)... What exactly is
a semaphore? I see that word a lot. Just wondering. =)

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