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Enterprise realtime and cooperative development

Enterprise realtime and cooperative development

Posted Dec 6, 2007 19:05 UTC (Thu) by adesharatushar@gmail.com (guest, #49449)
In reply to: Enterprise realtime and cooperative development by troyhebe
Parent article: Enterprise realtime and cooperative development

As per my little understanding about RealTimeOs, it is more about starting the process as
early as possible rather then speed of the process, isn't that the case? 


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realtime vs fast

Posted Dec 7, 2007 1:04 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]

As per my little understanding about RealTimeOs, it is more about starting the process as early as possible rather then speed of the process, isn't that the case?

Well, almost. It's about finishing the process as early as possible. And that's true only in the big picture. In an individual system, it's not ending it as early as possible, but just ending it before some externally imposed (i.e. real time) deadline.

While the OS doesn't completely control when the process finishes, it has plenty of influence beyond just controlling when it starts.

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