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Concurrent Systems/notes/4 - Semaphores.md

@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ B.consume() :=
 	FREE.up()
 	return tmp
 ```
+okay, so the difference seems to be just the fact that there are no while loops to find the first free location, or the first location with data.
+
+Let's imagine to have quick producers and a slow consumer:
+producer A:
+- writes at BUF[0], so IN becomes 1
+
+consumer A:
+- reads 
 
 #### The Readers/Writers problem
 - Several processes want to access a file