Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!philmds!leo
From: leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Dijkstra's Passeer & verhoog
Keywords: P,V,passeer,verhhog
Message-ID: <970@philmds.UUCP>
Date: 3 Mar 89 20:11:24 GMT
References: <173@dx7.UUCP>
Reply-To: leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit)
Organization: Philips I&E DTS Eindhoven
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In article <173@dx7.UUCP> marcel@dx7.UUCP (Marcel Bernards) writes:
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| In article <702@oracle.oracle.com>, sbulchan@oracle.uucp (Sanjay Bulchandani) writes:
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|	 P is short for pakken (seize).
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|	 V is short for vrygeven (release).
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|I always assumed that P stand for Passeer (pass) and V stands for Verhoog 
|(increase), according Prof. Dykstra's theory. (same two dots for Dykstra ;-)

That's funny; the way I learned it: P for Passeren (to pass) and V for
Vrijgeven (to release, to free). If I'm correct the terms stem from the
railway jargon, where semaphores are used too.

The best explanation I ever saw (although I won't claim it is the
correct one), was:

              Passeren
              Semafoor
              Vrijgeven

that is, the initials of a famous Eindhoven football club (that's soccer,
for you American types) 8-).

    Leo.