POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Locking references : Re: Locking references Server Time
5 Sep 2024 03:21:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Locking references  
From: Darren New
Date: 9 Nov 2009 23:14:06
Message: <4af8e88e$1@news.povray.org>
clipka wrote:
> Warp schrieb:
> 
>>   I suppose that would work, at least assuming that a process never 
>> releasing
>> a resource is not included in the definition of "deadlock".
> 
> If you have a process that never releases a resource, then you're 
> somewhat screwed anyway...

Not really. It could be livelock, with all else outside of the resource 
locking/reservation/management subsystem being correct.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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