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Semaphore Implementation

We can also implement the bounded buffer problem using a semaphore. Let's revisit the Semaphore's constructor. It takes in the initial number of permits and the maximum number of permits. We can use two semaphores, one semConsumer and the other semProducer. The trick is to initialize semProducer semaphore with a maximum number of permits equal to the size of the buffer and set all permits as ...