Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Jul 2000 03:25:38 -0600 | From | Jesse C Cronce <> | Subject | Re: An important fact about real time computing |
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> At the other end of the scale we have microsecond latencies that some > control applications need. That is hard to achieve with a kernel that > is not specifically engineered to have low latencies with the trade > off that interactive and batch work is penalized. >
Agreed, but I don't think that this is the point of RT. RT isn't about whether we can or can't do something. If something can't be done (tech wise), history shows that technology will improve until it can. What RT is about is the GUARANTEE that something can or can't be done, based on a set of parameters that are associated with each task.
> > Wether or not it is called real-time is besides the point. It all > depends on how you really define real-time. >
Sounds like Bill Clinton :)
Jesse C Cronce
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