#include <mutex>
#include <condition_variable>
        
class Semaphore {
public:
    Semaphore (int count_ = 0)
    : count(count_) 
    {
    }
    
    inline void notify( int tid ) {
        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
        count++;
        cout << "thread " << tid <<  " notify" << endl;
        //notify the waiting thread
        cv.notify_one();
    }
    inline void wait( int tid ) {
        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
        while(count == 0) {
            cout << "thread " << tid << " wait" << endl;
            //wait on the mutex until notify is called
            cv.wait(lock);
            cout << "thread " << tid << " run" << endl;
        }
        count--;
    }
private:
    std::mutex mtx;
    std::condition_variable cv;
    int count;
};

int main()
{
    Semaphore sem(1);
    
    thread s1([&]() {
        while(true) {
            this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(5));
            sem.wait( 1 );
        }           
    });
    thread s2([&]() {
        while(true){
            sem.wait( 2 );
        }
    });
    thread s3([&]() {
        while(true) {
            this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(600));
            sem.wait( 3 );
        }
    });
    thread s4([&]() {
        while(true) {
            this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(5));
            sem.notify( 4 );
        }
    });
    
    
    s1.join();
    s2.join();
    s3.join();
    s4.join();

    ...
    }