What is the purpose of a REPLY message in Lamports algorithm? Note that it is not necessary

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What is the purpose of a REPLY message in Lamport’s algorithm? Note that it is not necessary that a site must always return a REPLY message in response to a REQUEST message.

State the condition under which a site does not have to return REPLY message. Also, give the new message complexity per critical section execution in this case.

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