What's "real-world programming"?Real-world programming (typically called real-time programming) is programming that interacts in some way with the "real world" of daily life. At one time, real-time systems were confined to very esoteric applications, like rocket guidance systems. Now, they play a role in almost every aspect of life: they control the brakes on your car, video games, automatic bank tellers -- and the disk drive in your computer. It...
Real-world programming (more typically called real-time programming) interacts with the "real world" of daily life in some way. Real-world programmers develop the unseen software that runs everything from the brakes in your car to your VCR. This software is typically characterized by deadlines - and harsh penalties if the deadlines aren't met. If the brake processor in your car doesn't meet a deadline, your car doesn't...
Bill O. Gallmeister has been writing operating system software for an alarming number of years. Initially trained in BSD code at Valid Logic Systems and Sun Microsystems, he was briefly exposed to System V, an experience which drove him screaming into the dank wilderness of real-time. At Lynx Real-Time Systems, he developed the first complete implementation of POSIX.4 and POSIX.4a threads. During this time, he was vice-chair...
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