From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdb77,ebcb336c62963fb4 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,6e940fd5ba87c3ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-15 02:23:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pc1-ware1-6-cust247.lutn.cable.ntl.COM!not-for-mail From: "Mark Thornton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: real-time Java Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:23:47 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1-ware1-6-cust247.lutn.cable.ntl.com (81.96.118.247) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1050398637 750925 81.96.118.247 (16 [139894]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:62125 comp.lang.ada:36150 Date: 2003-04-15T10:23:47+01:00 List-Id: "Darren Winsper" wrote in message news:pan.2003.04.15.08.17.02.790560@cs.york.ac.uk.go.away... > In , Kent Paul Dolan > wrote: > > > How the heck you do that with a language subject to garbage collection > > is going to be an interesting thing to watch happen. > > By using things like immortal and scoped memory. Check out the Memory > classes in the RTJ spec. > And also by choosing an appropriate garbage collector. Some real time tasks can tolerate the delays introduced by a garbage collector. Mark Thornton