From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@ada.eu.org>
Subject: Re: Ada and Distributed Objects - Seeking Success Stories
Date: 1997/05/07
Date: 1997-05-07T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3911r5wcs.fsf@zaphod.enst.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.862967557@merv
>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dewar <dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu> writes:
Robert> Michael says <<This sounds like an interesting project, but I
Robert> am curious why it is called real-time, which usually means
Robert> that each transaction must be completed by a specific
Robert> deadline>>
Robert> In the most commonly used terminology, what you describe is
Robert> called *hard* realtime. The designation realtime without the
Robert> hard does not imply that thee are deadlines that must be met.
To rephrase what you said, *soft* realtime may usually be seen as
*best effort*.
Sam
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Samuel Tardieu -- sam@ada.eu.org
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1997-05-05 0:00 Ada and Distributed Objects - Seeking Success Stories Barry and Jackie Schiff
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu [this message]
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-13 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Barry and Jackie Schiff
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