[Edu-sig] this room is occupied (multi-threading metaphor)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

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There are lots of ways this analogy could be extended with amusing
consequences (just remembering back to when I used to regularly teach
teenagers - they would have had a field day with it). :-)

"It's like there's just one loo (but make sure you don't block)."

(Sorry). :-P

N.

On 12/01/13 02:56, kirby urner wrote:
> I think an obvious way to describe the use of locks when 
> multi-threading is to use the coffee shop model (same as airplane 
> model), where there's only one bathroom / toilet.  Or maybe there
> are two but each takes its own key.  Or mulitple unisex (still for
> one passenger only) like portable ones at the fair.
> 
> boyz = threading.Lock() girlz = threading.Lock()
> 
> Only one customer per bathroom at any one time, so there's a queue
> for the keys (we call them locks but they're like keys that unlock
> your access to the facilities, then you release it back at the
> counter so another customer might go).
> 
> Kirby
> 
> Speaking of airplanes....
> 
> Snakes on a plane: 
> http://gawker.com/5974780/snake-on-a-plane-qantas-passenger-spots-python-on-wing-during-flight
>
> 
http://xkcd.com/107/
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