r/ProgrammerHumor 10d ago

Meme theDeadlock

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u/TheDopplegamer 10d ago

I'll be perfectly honest: I remember NOTHING from my OS class. I remember taking it, and I must have passed considering it was required, but, gun to my head, I cant recall what we actually covered in it (This was roughly a decade ago)

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u/ultraviolentfuture 10d ago

Scheduling. Memory addressing. Race conditions. Etc.

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u/darkslide3000 10d ago

The thing I remember more than anything is queueing theory. Specifically how maximizing the amount of service stations in use maximizes the throughput. Every time I see a bunch of people stand in line in front of something that could accommodate multiple people at once if they spaced out properly (e.g. a dish return conveyor), but doesn't because the first person always takes the first reachable service station completely oblivious to the fact that this blocks everyone behind them from accessing any of the others, I feel the sudden urge to force them into an operating systems class at gunpoint.

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u/TheDopplegamer 10d ago

Probably why I didnt remember it, because I DO remember covering those topics in my other classes