Re: Real time Java? Huh?

[Joseph <**********@*******.**>]

I missed way too much of this thread.   Java as a real time language?
Tell me that this is a hoax, please.

Joseph

Jay O'Connor wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Nov 1998 21:21:27 -0600, "Pat Rogers"
> <progers@NOclasswideSPAM.com> wrote:
>
> >David Chase wrote in message <364224FB.7FCF@world.std.com>...
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >>Most of that commercial software is written in "unsafe" languages.
> >>C++ is not safe.  Pascal is not safe.  Ada, as typically used,
> >>is not safe.
> >
> >Detailed, hard evidence, please, regarding Ada.
>
> That one kinda surprised me as well because Ada was designed to be
> safe but also designed to support low level hardware access if needed.
>
> I mean, the language was originally targetted for embedded weapons
> systems and such,
>
> BTW - The onboard systems on the Boeing 777 are written in Ada.  As
> are most of the train systems in Europe.
>
> Jay O'Connor
> joconnor@roadrunner.com
> http://www.roadrunner.com/~joconnor
>
> "God himself plays on the bass strings first, when he tunes the soul"