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> Semaphores are "P" and "V" canonically meaning something in Dutch. "P" stands for "Prolaag", which is a word Dijkstra made up. Both Raise (Verhoog) and lower
by elsjaako 6y ago
> Semaphores are "P" and "V" canonically meaning something in Dutch.
"P" stands for "Prolaag", which is a word Dijkstra made up. Both Raise (Verhoog) and lower (Verlaag) start with a V in dutch. So knowing dutch doesn't really help with that one.