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Newer page: version 5 Last edited on Monday, October 18, 2004 5:58:51 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Monday, October 27, 2003 11:45:51 am by StuartYeates Revert
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-This is a special case of a DeadLock: two processes both wait for the other to continue. It is relatively easy to produce such a condition f.ex by writing a piping together a program that alternates between writing a line its output and reading one from input with one that expects all input in a single batch and produces all output in a single batch.  
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-See [Synchronisation] 
+This is a special case of a DeadLock: two processes both wait for the other to continue. It is easy to produce such a condition, f.ex by piping together a program that alternates between writing a line to its output and reading one from its input with one that expects all input in a single batch and produces all output in a single batch. Proper [Synchronisation] is necessary to avoid a DeadlyEmbrace.