The following program consists of 3 concurrent processes and 3 binary semaphores. The semaphores are initialized as S0 = 0,S1 = 1 and S2 = 1. Process P0: while (true) {   wait (S0);  print '1'; release(S1); release(S2); } Process P1: wait (S2); release (S0); Process P2: wait(S2); release(S0); How many times will process P0 print '1'?

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The following program consists of 3 concurrent processes and 3 binary semaphores. The semaphores are

initialized as S0 = 0,S1 = 1 and S2 = 1.

Process P0:
while (true) {  
wait (S0); 
print '1';
release(S1);
release(S2);
}


Process P1:
wait (S2);
release (S0);

Process P2:
wait(S2);
release(S0);

How many times will process P0 print '1'?

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