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DEFINITION MODULE Processes;
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(*
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  Module:	Processes
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  From:		"Programming in Modula-2", 3rd, corrected edition, by N. Wirth
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  Version:	$Id$
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*)
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(*
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  As discussed in "Unfair Process Scheduling in Modula-2", by
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  D. Hemmendinger, SIGplan Notices Volume 23 nr 3, march 1988,
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  the scheduler in this module is unfair, in that in some circumstances
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  ready-to-run processes never get a turn.
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*)
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	TYPE SIGNAL;
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	PROCEDURE StartProcess(P: PROC; n: CARDINAL);
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	(* Start a concurrent process with program "P" and workspace of
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	   size "n"
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	*)
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	PROCEDURE SEND(VAR s: SIGNAL);
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	(* One process waiting for "s" is resumed
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	*)
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	PROCEDURE WAIT(VAR s: SIGNAL);
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	(* Wait for some other process to send "s"
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	*)
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	PROCEDURE Awaited(s: SIGNAL): BOOLEAN;
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	(* Return TRUE if at least one process is waiting for sinal "s".
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	*)
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	PROCEDURE Init(VAR s: SIGNAL);
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	(* Compulsory initialization
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	*)
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END Processes.
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