The Little Book of Semaphores
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The Little Book of Semaphores
4 people recommended it in 4 threads, 2016–2021.
What people on Hacker News said
I found it a real eye-opener to see how all this can be broken down to semaphores.
I am starting to think that a semaphore-only set of primtives would be easier to reason about.
I've seen better coders than me make over-complicated mutex based solutions when sempahores gave a simple answer.
Or, books that are written in problem-hint-solution style, such as The Little Book of Semaphores and To Mock a Mockingbird. These are so fun and easy to read.
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