[Simh] Regarding "Cutler THE father of VMS" myth

[Rhialto]

On Sun 22 Mar 2015 at 21:28:36 +0100, Henk Gooijen wrote:
> That's true, but Dijkstra used it as a software technique, and that was new.
> BTW, "up" and "down" is not the best translation for "P/V" operation.
> P stands for the Dutch word "passeer" which roughly translates to "pass".
> V stands for the Dutch word "verhoog" and that should be translated to
> "increment". And that is exactly what happens: pass and increment (the
> semaphore variable).

Actually, they taught me that P stands for "Passeren" (to pass) and V
stands for "Vrijgeven", i.e. "to release".

-Olaf.
-- 
___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert  -- The Doctor: No, 'eureka' is Greek for
\X/ rhialto/at/xs4all.nl    -- 'this bath is too hot.'
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