Semaphores and Monitors

Goal

• Understand the concept of semaphores and monitors and know about how to use them.

Reading Assignments

• MOS 2.3.5,  MOS 2.3.7 and the rest of Birrell's Paper.

Discussions Topics

• What is the difference between Hoare's monitor and the monitor in Birrell's paper?
• The textbook has an example (Figure 2-27) of using Monitor to solve a consumer-producer problem.  How would you use the primitives in Birrell's paper to solve the problem?