Question
Why can the naive dining-philosophers solution deadlock when every philosopher picks up the left fork first?
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Correct Answer: C. Each philosopher may hold one fork while waiting in a circular chain for the other
Explanation:
The simultaneous left-fork acquisition creates hold-and-wait and circular-wait conditions.
No philosopher can obtain the second fork, so none releases the first.
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