(load "util.scm") (display "\nex-3.38\n") (display "[answered]\n") ; Peter Paul Mary ; 110 90 45 ; Peter Mary Paul ; 110 55 35 ; Mary Peter Paul ; 50 60 40 ; Mary Paul Peter ; 50 30 40 ; Paul Mary Peter ; 80 40 50 ; Paul Peter Mary ; 80 90 45 (display "\nex-3.39\n") (display "[answered]\n") ; (define x 10) ; (define s (make-serializer)) ; (parallel-execute (lambda () (set! x ((s (lambda () (* x x)))))) ; (s (lambda () (set! x (+ x 1))))) ; 101: P1 sets x to 100 and then P2 increments x to 101. ; 121: P2 increments x to 11 and then P1 sets x to x times x. ; 100: P1 accesses x (twice), then P2 sets x to 11, then P1 sets x. ; 11: P2 accesses x, then P1 sets x to 100, then P2 sets x. ; My friends on Scheme-Wiki agree with this solution so I feel good about this. (display "\nex-3.40\n") (display "[answered]\n") ; (define x 10) ; (parallel-execute (lambda () (set! x (* x x))) ; (lambda () (set! x (* x x x)))) ; 10 * 10 = 100 ; 10 * 10 * 10 = 1'000 ; 10 * 1000 = 10'000 ; 10 * 10 * 100 = 10'000 ; 10 * 100 * 100 = 100'000 ; 10^6 = 1'000'000 ; (define x 10) ; (define s (make-serializer)) ; (parallel-execute (s (lambda () (set! x (* x x)))) ; (s (lambda () (set! x (* x x x))))) ; 10^2 = 100 -> 100^3 = 1000000 ; 10^3 = 1000 -> 1000^2 = 1000000 (display "\nex-3.41\n") (display "[answered]\n") ; Ben's concern does not apply. Say, we have a withdraw and a balance check. ; Depending on the order of execution the balance check would show the balance ; before or after the withdraw. This behavior is expectected and would not be ; migated by serializing balance. (display "\nex-3.42\n") (display "[answered]\n") ; This should work without issues in all cases. I don't have a good mental ; model of how the serializer works, yet. (display "\nex-3.43\n") (display "\nex-3.44\n")