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From: bakken@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Bakken)
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Subject: Re: Distributed Semaphores
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Date: 30 Nov 90 21:33:20 GMT
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In article <9510@darkstar.ucsc.edu> jacob@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Tom Jacob) writes:
>I am interesting in references to implementing semaphores with messages in
>non-shared-memory systems.  All pointers to published papers would be greatly
>appreciated.

See 
	Schneider, F.B., ``Synchronization in Distributed Programs,''
	ACM TOPLAS 4:2 (April 1982), pages 125-148.

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