The Dining Philosophers problem is a classic multi-process synchronization problem. The problem consists of five philosophers sitting at a table who do nothing but think and eat. Between each philosopher, there is a single fork. In order to eat, a philosopher must have both forks. A problem can arise if each philosopher grabs the fork on the right, then waits for the fork on the left. In this case a deadlock has occurred, and all philosophers will starve. Also, the philosophers should be fair. Each philosopher should be able to eat as much as the rest.
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Clone the repository:
git clone git@github.com:ahmed-yesuf/dining-philosophers.git cd dining-philosophers -
Compile the code:
gcc -o dining_philosophers dining_philosophers.c
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Run the executable:
./dining_philosophers