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realtime vs fast

realtime vs fast

Posted Dec 7, 2007 1:04 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: Enterprise realtime and cooperative development by adesharatushar@gmail.com
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?

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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