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Re: where P and V come from

regis@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (regis@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 19 10:27:43 1992

> P stands for "proberen" which means "to test" in Dutch.
> V stands for "verhogen" which means "to increment" in Dutch.

Oh yeah... that makes perfect sense to me.

When did we start using Dutch for semafores?

Chris

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