diff --git a/dining_philosophers/Cargo.lock b/dining_philosophers/Cargo.lock
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+[root]
+name = "dining_philosophers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
diff --git a/dining_philosophers/Cargo.toml b/dining_philosophers/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "dining_philosophers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Anders Nilsson <anders.nilsson@control.lth.se>"]
diff --git a/dining_philosophers/src/main.rs b/dining_philosophers/src/main.rs
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+use std::thread;
+use std::sync::{Mutex,Arc};
+
+struct Table {
+    forks: Vec<Mutex<()>>,
+}
+
+struct Philosopher {
+    name: String,
+    left: usize,
+    right: usize,
+}
+
+impl Philosopher {
+    fn new(name: &str, left: usize, right: usize) -> Philosopher {
+        Philosopher {
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            left: left,
+            right: right,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn eat(&self, table: &Table) {
+        let _left = table.forks[self.left].lock().unwrap();
+        let _right = table.forks[self.right].lock().unwrap();
+        println!("{} is eating.",self.name);
+        thread::sleep_ms(1000);
+        println!("{} is done eating.",self.name);
+    }
+}
+
+
+fn main() {
+    let table = Arc::new(Table {forks: vec![
+        Mutex::new(()),
+        Mutex::new(()),
+        Mutex::new(()),
+        Mutex::new(()),
+        Mutex::new(()),
+        ]});
+    
+    let philosophers = vec![
+        Philosopher::new("Judith Butler",0,1),
+        Philosopher::new("Gilles Deleuze",1,2),
+        Philosopher::new("Karl Marx",2,3),
+        Philosopher::new("Emma Goldman",3,4),
+        Philosopher::new("Michel Focault",0,4),
+        ];
+
+    let handles: Vec<_> = philosophers.into_iter().map(|p| {
+        let table = table.clone();
+        
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            p.eat(&table);
+        })
+    }).collect();
+
+    for h in handles {
+        h.join().unwrap();
+    }
+}