Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750812AbVLORX6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:23:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750821AbVLORX6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:23:58 -0500 Received: from ns.tasking.nl ([195.193.207.2]:25035 "EHLO ns.tasking.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750812AbVLORX5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:23:57 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 Reply-To: dick.streefland@altium.nl (Dick Streefland) Organization: Altium BV X-Face: "`*@3nW;mP[=Z(!`?W;}cn~3M5O_/vMjX&Pe!o7y?xi@;wnA&Tvx&kjv'N\P&&5Xqf{2CaT 9HXfUFg}Y/TT^?G1j26Qr[TZY%v-1A<3?zpTYD5E759Q?lEoR*U1oj[.9\yg_o.~O.$wj:t(B+Q_?D XX57?U,#b,iM$[zX'I(!'VCQM)N)x~knSj>M*@l}y9(tK\rYwdv%~+&*jV"epphm>|q~?ys:g:K#R" 2PuAzy-N9cKM <20051215165255.GA5510@harddisk-recovery.com> From: dick.streefland@altium.nl (Dick Streefland) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 172.17.1.66 Message-ID: <4115.43a1a67f.21762@altium.nl> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:23:11 -0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1026 Lines: 23 Erik Mouw wrote: | Just FYI, according to Dijkstra[1] V means "verhoog" which is dutch for | "increase". P means "prolaag" which isn't a dutch word, just something | Dijkstra invented. I guess he did that because "decrease" is "verlaag" | in dutch and that would give you the confusing V() and V() | operations... | | Other explanations you see in dutch CS courses are "passeer" (pass), | "probeer" (try), "vrijgave" (unlock). As far as I can remember, P() stands for "pakken" (grab) and V() stands for "vrijgeven" (release). -- Dick Streefland //// Altium BV dick.streefland@altium.nl (@ @) http://www.altium.com --------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo--------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/