Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!ukma!nrl-cmf!ames!pioneer.arc.nasa.gov!eugene From: eugene@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov.arpa (Eugene N. Miya) Newsgroups: comp.os.misc Subject: Re: why rare? [was: Re: Realtime OS's] Keywords: Realtime Message-ID: <11302@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Date: 5 Jul 88 16:52:21 GMT References: <10450@udenva.cair.du.edu> <8411@pur-ee.UUCP> <797@taux01.UUCP> <11053@sol.ARPA>Sender: usenet@ames.arc.nasa.gov Reply-To: eugene@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Eugene N. Miya) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Lines: 18 Real-time OS are rare for several reasons. Don't "real-men" program these? [I'm a wimp myself.] Seriously, consider the consequences of many of these OSes: x-ray machines, radar systems, cars, weapons systems, robots, assembly lines. Why, you can kill people with some of these (as James Burke would say). I know one CS prof who believes a RTOS is no different from any other OS, but I know others who put them into completely different categories. Until this riff is resolved, you will have RTOSes. More students need to be shaken up and they have to work with these. Another gross generalization from --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers: "Mailers?! HA!", "If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology." {uunet,hplabs,ncar,decwrl,allegra,tektronix}!ames!aurora!eugene "Send mail, avoid follow-ups. If enough, I'll summarize."