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What is the dining philosophers problem teaching us about deadlocks?
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Dining philosophers
Classic deadlock demo: philosophers need two forks; circular wait if all pick left fork first. Teaches need for ordering, limited resources, or arbitrator.
diagram
P1–P5 around table; deadlock if each holds one fork waiting for secondMap to real locks: always acquire lock A before B globally.