Could anyone give me some insight into concurrency

Posted by LechugaPlayer@reddit | programming | View on Reddit | 3 comments

I was basically watching this video, and at some point(38:00) Alan Kay mentions why semaphores are a bad idea and why they are being used despite a much better solution provided by McCarthy. My question is: Does anyone know which technique is Alan referring to? I tried to find some resources or references but couldn't quite make it