See EWD108 "Een algorithme ter voorkoming van de dodelijke omarming." (An algorithm to avoid the deadly embrace.) in which Dijkstra describes his Bankers algorithm. 1965 or earlier. Of course, you may be looking at deadly embrace from a different point of view.
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:44:58 +1100 Bruce Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > that definition is wrong! > > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Gorka Guardiola <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:27 PM, Bruce Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> back to school for roger > >> > >> On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 6:33 AM, roger peppe <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On 29 October 2010 18:47, Bruce Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> who said deadlock. it's an easily reproducible situation. rattle the > >>>> cage is not a solution. > >>> > >>> sorry then, i misunderstood you. what else did you mean by "deadly embrac > e"? > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > I need to go back to school with him too. > > > > http://www.olc.edu/~cdelong/jargon-4.4.7/jargon-4.4.7/html/D/deadly-embrace > .html > > > > Unless it is again some obscure reference... > > >
