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An introductions to threads, critical sections, and synchronization

Revision 1 vs. Revision 2

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92		However, the method uses mutal exclusion to ensure that no two calls overlap one another in it's critical section. A critical section is any portion of code that cannot be accessed by multiple threads if it is to function properly. So lets say you wanted your two threads to produce their outputs sequentially like so.
	92	However, the method uses mutual exclusion to ensure that no two calls overlap one another in it's critical section. A critical section is any portion of code that cannot be accessed by multiple threads if it is to function properly. So lets say you wanted your two threads to produce their outputs sequentially like so.
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