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- From: DARKMERE <darkmere@darkmere.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: RE: C++ In Realtime Applications
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 12:37:08 +0000
- Organization: Darkmere - The darkness is out there!
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- References: <1996Feb7.134740.11845@schbbs.mot.com> <00001a81+00009ca5@msn.com> <DMGA1v.AuL@cf.ac.uk>
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- In article <DMGA1v.AuL@cf.ac.uk> M. Ghassempoory wrote :
-
- >> In article <00001a81+00009ca5@msn.com>, Tendrils@msn.com says...
- >> >
- >> >what is your definition of real-time ???
- >>
- >>
- >> Yes! I have often wondered : What is NOT real-time?
- >>
- "A real-time system is a software system where the correct
- functioning of the system depends on the results produced by the
- system and the time at which these results are produced. A 'soft'
- real-time system is a system whose operation is degraded if results
- are not produced according to the specified timing requirements. A
- 'hard' real-time system is a system whose operation is incorrect if
- results are not produced according to the timing specification."
- Taken from Software Engineering by Ian Sommerville
-
- If a program does not have to produce a response to a given stimulus
- within a set time frame then it is NOT a real-time system.
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