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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/doc/trpl/dining-philosophers.md
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ called ‘the dining philosophers’. It was originally conceived by Dijkstra in
> in his own chair, picked up his own fork on his left, and plunged it into the
> spaghetti. But such is the tangled nature of spaghetti that a second fork is
> required to carry it to the mouth. The philosopher therefore had also to pick
> up the fork on his right. When we was finished he would put down both his
> up the fork on his right. When he was finished he would put down both his
> forks, get up from his chair, and continue thinking. Of course, a fork can be
> used by only one philosopher at a time. If the other philosopher wants it, he
> just has to wait until the fork is available again.
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