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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,15410c804d3d9da2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-03 12:05:07 PST From: MCL Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Can any one shed some light on this problem. Date: 03 Aug 2001 20:50:18 +0200 Organization: Computer Science Department, Technical U. of Madrid, Spain Message-ID: <7xhevpm105.fsf@balboa.dia.fi.upm.es> References: <_NAa7.3833$tQ5.1459602@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pinocho5.fi.upm.es Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: panoramix.fi.upm.es 996864619 22509 138.100.8.116 (3 Aug 2001 18:50:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@panoramix.fi.upm.es NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Aug 2001 18:50:19 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!130.59.214.20!news-ge.switch.ch!news.rediris.es!news-2.rediris.es!138.100.251.9.MISMATCH!news.upm.es!panoramix.fi.upm.es!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11250 Date: 2001-08-03T18:50:19+00:00 List-Id: "chris.danx" writes: > > I have bean asked to examine the synchronization mechanism > > (rendez-vous) which is promoted by ADA and contrast this to the > > Dijkstra's (p/v) wait and signal mechanism. > > I'm afraid I can't say much on this, someone else might be able to help. With a protected object you can *very easily* code a semaphore. Probably only of interest for educational purposes and toy programs. -- || Manuel Carro -- DLSIIS || || e-mail: mcarro@fi.upm.es || || http://lml.ls.fi.upm.es/~boris || || http://clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Software/Ciao || || Phone: +34 91 336-7455 FAX: +34 91 336-7412 ||