Sammendrag

Sun has real-time Java specification well in hand

"The battle over who will control the upcoming standard for real-time Java is over. Sun has won. Period." [10]

J Consortium

Veldig komplisert: "trusted expert".
Men det kommer!

Java++?

Per Brinch Hansens kritikk

Sun har ikke fulgt med i timen

Swing GUI bibliotek

"extreme caution is warranted when designing and building multi-threaded applications, particularly those which have a GUI component"

"we urge you to think twice about using threads in cases where they are not absolutely necessary" [17]

Alt er ikke sagt om sanntidsprogrammering ennå

Det som er vanskelig med distribuert (og sanntid?) er: [21]

  1. Partielle feil i nettet og mangel på en sentral enhet
  2. Ytelse
  3. Forskjeller i memory aksess paradigmer
  4. Parallellitet (behandlet i dette foredraget)

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