Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/03/09/13:44:47
> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 08:58:35 -0800 (PST)
> To: ""Miguel Angel Pérez Estrada."" <mpereze AT lasalle DOT edu DOT co>,
> djgpp AT delorie DOT com
> From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
> Subject: Re: help!
> At 02:09 3/7/1998 +0000, Miguel Angel Pérez Estrada. wrote:
> >Probably this is a not indicate medium to ask what i have to ask..
> >sorry..
> >its this.:
> >i want to make a computer controlled system.. with real time monitoring
> >of events.. to do that i have to make a choice of some languaje.. i have
> >read that Ada has powerful capabilities for real time working.. It is
> >better using it in turn of C++, Fortran or Pascal?.. It is better using
> >Windows in turn of MSDOS?
>
> This is all sort of random guesswork and hearsay, but from what I have
> heard, Ada does not in general have a good reputation. It's supposed to be
> an extremely overcomplicated language whose use should be avoided when
> possible. But I have never used Ada, so this is all secondhand.
>
> DOS is probably preferable to Windows for a real-time application
Of course DOS is better as Windows for real time application. My
experience shows that I can use DJGPP even if fast response to interrupt
requests is required (small interrupt lantencies).
> , since the
> concepts "real-time" and "multitasking" do not mix.
>
I think this is true about M$ Windows. However if one switches to Linux
there is an extension of Linux kernel for hard real time tasks where this
is no more true. (See RT-Linux homepage for more info
http://luz.cs.nmt.edu/~rtlinux/).
Andris
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