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echo: os2prog
to: Darin McBride
from: Thomas Seeling
date: 1996-06-23 21:13:28
subject: semaphore

Hallo, Darin!

*** Am Mittwoch 19. Juni 1996 um 19:24 schrieb Darin McBride an Daniel Lynes:

 DM> Semaphores are designed for inter-process, not inter-thread.  Since they
 DM> are globally available, threads may use them, but just as often, critical
 DM> sections may be used to a greater efficiency as they have lower overhead


Critical sections are no good idea. If you don't know exactly where to
avoid them, better don't use them at all.

This may not apply to you, it's more kind of a general hint :-)


Tschau...Thomas

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