Re: Ada real time extensions

[ajpo!progers@sei.cmu.edu (Pat Rogers)]

In article <26047@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, cs171wag@sdcc5.ucsd.edu (Bob Kitzberger) wri
tes:
> 
> 4. Extensions to Ada's real-time capabilities via 'standard' real-time
>    extension packages.  These extensions are comprised of a set of packages t
hat
>    come with names like Time_Critical_Sections, Dynamic_Priorities, etc.
>    There are several standards, namely, CIFO ("Catalog of Interface
>    Features and Options for the Ada Runtime Environment") and ExTRA
>    ("Extension Temps Reel Ada: real time legal Ada extension").  
> 
>    CIFO work is being performed by the Ada Runtime Environment Working Group 
of
>    ACM's SIGAda.  I believe that there is an effort underway for the CIFO
>    and ExTRA efforts to merge.
> 

ARTEWG and ExTRA have indeed merged efforts, as represented by the latest CIFO,
release 3.0. Many of the new CIFO entries are based on the ExTRA proposals, and
some earlier ones have been superceeded.

Furthermore, the new version goes to some lengths to flesh out earlier
insufficiencies, and to provide insight into the potential interactions of
the various entries.  It is a good bit bigger than relase 2.1, but
on the whole, an improvement.


Pat Rogers
progers@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu