TY  - BOOK
AU  - Downey,Allen B.
ED  - Open Textbook Library
TI  - The Little Book of Semaphores
T2  - Open textbook library
AV  - QA76 
PB  - Open Textbook Library
KW  - Computer Science
KW  - Textbooks
N1  - 1 Introduction -- 2 Semaphores -- 3 Basic synchronization patterns -- 4 Classical synchronization problems -- 5 Less classical synchronization problems -- 6 Not-so-classical problems -- 7 Not remotely classical problems -- 8 Synchronization in Python -- 9 Synchronization in C -- A Cleaning up Python threads -- B Cleaning up POSIX threads
N2  - The Little Book of Semaphores is a free (in both senses of the word) textbook that introduces the principles of synchronization for concurrent programming. In most computer science curricula, synchronization is a module in an Operating Systems class. OS textbooks present a standard set of problems with a standard set of solutions, but most students don't get a good understanding of the material or the ability to solve similar problems. The approach of this book is to identify patterns that are useful for a variety of synchronization problems and then show how they can be assembled into solutions. After each problem, the book offers a hint before showing a solution, giving students a better chance of discovering solutions on their own. The book covers the classical problems, including "Readers-writers," "Producer-consumer", and "Dining Philosophers." In addition, it collects a number of not-so-classical problems, some written by the author and some by other teachers and textbook writers. Readers are invited to create and submit new problems
UR  - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/83
ER  -