applesvsoranges

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   by applesvsoranges 8y ago

   This post took me back to my school days as well (Raleigh, NC). It was my go-to place whenever an assignment kept me late at the library, whenever I was bored of cooking but could only afford to spend as much and whenever I craved my usual
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   by applesvsoranges 8y ago

   Thanks, this adds a whole new perspective for me wrt mutexes. I wasn't aware of all these other usage patterns for them at all. Most of my work is in the OS, drivers and low level space, and I'm a beginner there as well, hence the
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   by applesvsoranges 8y ago

   >> With a normal mutex we would be fine, since you only one lock can exist and it doesn’t matter if we unlock it on a thread other than the one we locked it from. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm confused. Aren't mu
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   by applesvsoranges 8y ago

   Yeah. I used TI-RTOS a couple of years ago for some work and the whole experience was very different. The most unique part was that the RTOS came bundled with a development GUI integrated into the IDE where you could create threads, mailbox