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=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_LOCAL_HEX, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,f15b862e11b575a4 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Vinzent Hoefler" <0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776eeb@t-domaingrabbing.de> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Air traffic control system in Java Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:16:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4d6ffe16$0$17930$a8266bb1@postbox2.readnews.com> <4d7007ba$0$17957$a8266bb1@postbox2.readnews.com> <4d7009ba$0$17936$a8266bb1@postbox2.readnews.com> <4d700f1e$0$17931$a8266bb1@postbox2.readnews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net aALskajozjQauZEw2vHnlQJixfpksfAuZSEdHkaWbjofat/anh Cancel-Lock: sha1:bqsBDvBL4GxhHhUkLZzPrBiTASI= User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.01 (Win32) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17790 Date: 2011-03-03T23:16:01+01:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > On 3/3/2011 4:44 PM, Vinzent Hoefler wrote: >> Did you know that not even the scheduling is defined by the language, >> although Java threads sure can have a priority assigned? Yet, there's >> no guarantee that the highest priority task will even run. > > This sounded false to me, so I looked: > > > The Real-time Specification for Java Sorry, if I caused confusion, I was referring to "standard" Java, not the RTSJ here. The people who wrote the RTSJ weren't stupid. :) Vinzent. -- A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors. -- Waldi Ravens