RE: Task execution time (writing a scheduler)

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <mailman.6.1056380390.8204.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>, Lionel.DRAGHI@fr.thalesgroup.com writes:
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> | -----Message d'origine-----
> | De: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net [mailto:Kilgallen@SpamCop.net]
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> | In article 
> | <mailman.4.1056375821.8204.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>, 
> | Lionel.DRAGHI@fr.thalesgroup.com writes:
> | > There is a general agreement that the only feature missing 
> | in Ada to fully
> | > code flexible schedulers is a way to get task execution time.
> | 
> | In what forum was that general agreement reached ?
> | 
> | After 24 years on the market, VMS has rather extensive hooks 
> | for coding
> | such schedulers, but it took many years to get to that point. 
> |  There are
> | many IO-related OS primitive measurements needed to achieve fairness.
> | 
> | I presume you intended that the schedulers be adequate to meet needs
> | rather than merely being flexible.  I can make a scheduler much more
> | flexible by adding an larger color palatte from which to enhance the
> | logo it displays on a screen.
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> I am not sure i understand your point, but yes, "flexible" is vague. 
> I meant mainly EDF schedulers.

To communicate better, you should explain what you mean by EDF.