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Ada has been-there, done-that, as regards meeting real-time programming requirements. The Ada95 revision addressed almost all the concerns that had plagued Ada83’s real-time usability. But Java is currently flavor of the month, although its existing real-time features are totally inadequate. Two independent recent efforts have defined extensions to the Java platform that intend to satisfy real-time requirements. This paper summarizes the major features of these efforts, compares them to each other and to Ada 95’s Real-Time Annex, and argues that they may serve to complement rather than compete with Ada in the real-time domain.
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Brosgol, B., Dobbing, B. (2001). Can Java™ Meet Its Real-Time Deadlines?. In: Craeynest, D., Strohmeier, A. (eds) Reliable SoftwareTechnologies — Ada-Europe 2001. Ada-Europe 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2043. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45136-6_5
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