Another difference on Windows - Mutex objects can only be released by the thread which acquired them, whereas a semaphore object with a count of one could be ac

Another difference on Windows - Mutex objects can only be released by the thread which acquired them, whereas a semaphore object with a count of one could be acquired on one thread and then released on another. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685066(v=vs.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685066(v=vs.85).as... http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685129(v=vs.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685129(v=vs.85).as...