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Re: where P and V come from

wchsieh@LCS.MIT.EDU (wchsieh@LCS.MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 19 19:34:54 1992

Dijkstra invented semaphores, and originally used P and V
(where Ward uses wait and signal).  Not all computer science
research is done in the US!
 - Wilson

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