Class Philosopher
In: karel/philosopher.rb
Parent: Robot

A class of robots that can execute the dining philosophers protocol. Demonstrates unchecked concurrency so deadlock can result.

Methods

eat   get_forks   new   put_forks   run_task   think  

Included Modules

Turner

Public Class methods

new(street, avenue, direction)

create a new Philosopher that will run in its own thread

Public Instance methods

eat(time)

eat by moving in to the table

get_forks()

get two forks (beepers) to enable eating

put_forks()

return the two forks so as to return to thinking

run_task()

The task for one philosopher (run in the thread)

think(time)

Think by moving awauy from the "table"

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