From: tmoran@bix.com
Subject: Re: Realtime Ada Conferences
Date: 1996/03/28
Date: 1996-03-28T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4jdcfd$7gc@news2.delphi.com> (raw)
>Note that these context switch times are for simulated context switching
>(i.e. threads simulation), rather than for use of operating systems
<flame on>
Is it just me, or does calling this a 'simulated context switch'
remind others of Orwellian language redefinition. A 'context switch'
means a switch to a different Ada task. If an implementation wants to
include switching OS threads, or rebooting to a different OS, or
switching to a different computer in orbit on the other side of the
globe, fine, but don't redefine that as a context switch and anything
else as 'simulated'. Especially in a context discussing whether a
'context switch' takes more than 20 us in a language designed for
embedded systems.
<flame off>
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1996-03-28 0:00 tmoran [this message]
1996-03-28 0:00 ` Realtime Ada Conferences Larry Howard
1996-03-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1996-03-27 0:00 tmoran
1996-03-26 0:00 Jeff T. Stevenson
1996-03-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-03-27 0:00 ` Brad Balfour
1996-03-27 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1996-03-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-03-28 0:00 ` Kevin D. Heatwole
1996-03-29 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1996-03-27 0:00 ` Larry Howard
1996-03-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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