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From: cwd@cuae2.UUCP (Chris Donahue)
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Subject: Re: P & V Meaning
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Date: Fri, 11-Apr-86 12:12:26 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 11 12:12:26 1986
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Pardon my redefinition but:

Dykstra, the man who implemented semaphores, was DUTCH not Swedish.
P and V are the first letters in "stop" and "go" in dutch.

Chris Donahue
AT&T Info. Sys.
Application Engineering