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Starvation: Java demo

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Starvation: Java demo

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- [Teacher] To demonstrate thread starvation in Java, I'll modify the dining philosophers example program by adding a local variable within the philosophers classes run method to keep track of the number of pieces of sushi, this philosopher thread gets to eat. I'll increment that sushi eaten variable every time the philosopher takes a piece of sushi. And finally at the end of the run method after the while loop finishes, I'll print out the number of pieces that this philosopher was able to take. When I run this program... I see that each philosopher got a different amount of sushi and it's not particularly fair. Olivia took way more sushi than Barron or Steve here, but that's not because she is greedy, it's because of the order in which three philosophers are currently taking chopsticks. Barron and Steve and both competing for chopstick A as their first chopstick, but Olivia is the only philosopher going for chopstick B first. So since she has less competition to get her first…

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