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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f8311a3a7edd715 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-12 20:06:14 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!hub.org!hub.org!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <915jl7$jt5$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <9162gf$1or$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Subject: Re: Using "delay until" in real-time X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 04:02:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.67.132 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 976680136 216.215.67.132 (Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:02:16 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:02:16 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3041 Date: 2000-12-13T04:02:16+00:00 List-Id: "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:9162gf$1or$1@nnrp1.deja.com... : In article , : "Ken Garlington" wrote: : > For our systems, we usually pick a base iteration rate that can be : > accurately represented (64Hz is popular, although I've also seen 50Hz : > and 80Hz). : : That would indeed be the smart way to do it. : : Unfortunately we have some algorithms that we have to match results with : that *have* to run at 60Hz. Its Legacy Fortran code, written and : controlled by developers at working for our customer who have little : patience with this newfangled "Ada" stuff. I'm not sure what the language has to do with it... this rule has been around since I first started in the field - back when we used BDX930 assembly.