[PLUG] Jeff Waugh podcast - on to Real Time
Rich Shepard
rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Fri Dec 2 02:12:23 UTC 2005
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> What is the distinction between hard and soft RT? Does, for instance, soft
> RT have enough Real in the Time to work for telescope control?
I assumed when I read this that "hard RT" is what they do and "soft RT" is
what everyone else does. That way they can claim a unique position in the
marketplace.
In my opinion, unless there's an earthquake going on, telescope control is
at a much slower Real Time than shutting down a run-away nuclear reactor
core.
As some sage wrote here not too long ago, "real time" is fast enough for
whatever data stream you need to capture or control. It's a subjective term
that's dependent on the context.
Rich
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