Subj : Re: Diff b/w Events, Semaphores and mutex
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Gurikar
Date : Mon Apr 25 2005 09:29 pm

Thank you david,
  Mutex: A lock that only one thread can hold. These are used to ensure

that only a single thread accesses a shared object at a time.

  Mutex can only lock shared object but not particluar piece of code.
Is it?

Semaphores: A number. You can increase the number, decrease the number,

or do a "wait and decrement" operation. They can be used to ensure that
no
more than a particular number of threads (which can be one) can access
a
particular resource.

  What do you mean particluar resource, is it a object or piece of
object.

One more thing what to use when your doing inter thread communication
and what to used when doing inter process communication?

Regards

PS:
Please ignore my messages if they sound silly.

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