master-degree-notes/Concurrent Systems/notes/4c - Dining Philosophers.md

The first real practical example of a concurrent system.

• N philosophers seated around a circular table
• one chopstick between each pair of philosophers
• a philosophers must pick up its two nearest chopsticks in order to eat
• a philosopher must pick up first one chopstick, then the second one, not both at once !Pasted image 20250317100456.png