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From: friedl@vsi.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Semaphore Questions
Summary: Dijkstra is at UT Austin
Message-ID: <840@vsi.UUCP>
Date: 15 Sep 88 02:12:35 GMT
References: <45000017@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> <801@philmds.UUCP>
Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA
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In article <45000017@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> jozwiak@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
>I was just wondering if anyone knew what Dijkstra's
>semaphore functions P and V stood for in Dutch?

In article <801@philmds.UUCP>, hulsebos@philmds.UUCP (Rob Hulsebos) writes:
>[good tale]
> 
> Dijkstra is, to my knowledge, still alive and currently lecturing
> in Texas. You may want to ask it himself.

He's at University of Texas at Austin, don't know his address.  I
think he got an endowed chair or something.

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