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jzarnett committed Jul 13, 2024
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\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Mutual Exclusion through Messages}
There are additional desirable properties that will be used to evaluate any solution:
There are additional properties that will be used to evaluate any solution:
\begin{itemize}
\item When no thread is in the critical section, a thread that requests access should be allowed to enter right away.
\item No assumptions are made about what the threads will do or the number of processors in the system.
\item A thread remains inside the critical section for a finite time only.
\item A thread needs a way to indicate it's exiting the critical section.
\end{itemize}


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He described a data structure that can be used to solve synchronization problems via messages.

Although the version we use now is not exactly the same as the original description, even 50 years later, the core idea is unchanged.
Although the version we use now is not exactly the same as the original description, even 60 years later, the core idea is unchanged.


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