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Counting semaphore

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A semaphore with a nonnegative number of available permits. Its contract must state initial availability and whether unmatched releases beyond an initial or configured bound are allowed.

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  • Past exam of the computer science course of the University of Oxford / 2015 / Concurrent programming / 3 / a / Solution

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