Re: [TCLUG:5462] "Race Condition"?

["Mark A. Bentley" <bentlema@cs.umn.edu>]

On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 schewe@tcfreenet.org wrote:

> On 21 Apr, pani@frontiernet.net wrote:
> > schewe@tcfreenet.org wrote:
> > It happens when more than 1 person/task/machine try to access
> > the same resource or item simultaneously when they should actually
> > use it one after the other.  Two people rushing to use the bathroom
> > at the same time and getting stuck at the door is also an example
> > of a race condition !  
> > 
> No, that is deadlock.
> 
It *is* a race condition that *results in* deadlock.


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