-=> Quoting Phil Crown to James R. Cook <=-



 PC> For example, I saw an anlogy DosEnterCritSec something like this;

 PC> 

 PC> (Note: persons = threads)

 PC> 

 PC> Say your in the office and you want to go the the bathroom but you

 PC> don't want others going to the bathroom while you are.  You go around

 PC> to each person and tell them to stop *everything* that they are doing

 PC> to be sure that they can't go to the bathroom.  You finish in the

 PC> bathroom, then go back around to each person and tell them to resume

 PC> what they are doing. 

 PC> A mutex semaphore is like going to the bathroom and locking the door.



 *laugh*  I like the analogy!  That helps a lot.  I guess I'll keep using

 the mutex.



 ={) James (}=



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