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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>
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Subject: Re: can someone help me with this code (explanation)
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:45:57 +0300
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On 14-09-26 10:58 , J-P. Rosen wrote:
> Le 26/09/2014 09:04, Björn Lundin a écrit :
>> Or by using a protected object as a semaphore
>>
> But why? It's so simpler with a task:
> 
>    task Printer is
>       entry Print (Mess : String);
>    end Printer;

The semaphore solution lets one group related output lines together; the
task+entry (in the above form) can interleave output lines from
different tasks, perhaps making output harder to read. Whether this
matters depends on what one needs.

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