Re: [boost] What's a Mutex ? (Was: Re: Threads)

From: tholenst_at_[hidden]
Date: 2000-08-06 15:26:07

Valentin Bonnard writes:
 > > It's my understanding that 'P' and 'V' stand for some words in
 > > Dutch, but I don't know what they are.
 > 
 > I was wondering was they could mean (esp. since Post = V, not P).

If you really want to know.... (I thought most people wouldn't care)

It is, in fact, dutch.
P means passeren, i.e. 'pass'
V means vrijgeven or vrijmaken (I don't know exactly), i.e. 'unblock'

(I don't speak dutch, so don't blame me, if spelled wrong)

I'd use other names for boost, actually, I don't like them.

Thomas