From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.edu:2929 comp.lang.ada:3179 comp.lang.misc:3906 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!amdahl!fai!kurtl From: kurtl@fai.UUCP (Kurt Luoto) Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Teaching Concurrency Keywords: concurrency, tasks, race conditions, startup Message-ID: <2680@fai.UUCP> Date: 17 Jan 90 15:40:35 GMT References: <7588@hubcap.clemson.edu> <602@agcsun.UUCP> <10330@june.cs.washington.edu> <5598@bd.sei.cmu.edu> <=K01QVDxds13@ficc.uu.net> Reply-To: kurtl@fai.fai.com (Kurt Luoto) Organization: Fujitsu America, Inc List-Id: In article <=K01QVDxds13@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >I believe that the following two problems are inappropriate, because >they are subject to race conditions related to task startup time, >quantum sizes, and so on: > >> (3) veryslowsort. >> (6) quantum mouse. >-- > _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . Problems that are subject to startup problems and race conditions make excellent material for learing about task synchronization and coordination issues. All the more reason to include them. f l u f f l i n e s -- ---------------- Kurt W. Luoto kurtl@fai.com or ...!sun!fai!kurtl