From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 17 Oct 92 20:02:58 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio- state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!cra bapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!dstewart@ (David B Stewart) Subject: Re: What is "real-time"? Message-ID: List-Id: In article <1992Oct16.213820.28793@col.hp.com> tbc@col.hp.com (Tim Chambers) wr ites: >First I'll explain the approach which is used in our organization. Rather >than define "real-time" software, we break it into two categories: >"time-sensitive" and "time-critical." Time-sensitive software is that for Isn't that the same as "soft real-time" vs. "hard real-time"? Why do you offer new terminology for the same old categories? The definition of real-time is confusing enough as it is, without a proliferation of terminology! ~dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David B. Stewart - email: The Robotics Institute snail mail: - ECE Dept., Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Current Projects: - Chimera 3.0 Real-Time Operating System - Reconfigurable Sensor-Based Control Systems