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| Title: | Hard real-time : C++ versus RTSJ |
| Authors: | Dvorak, Daniel L.
Reinholtz, William K |
| Keywords: | programming language
programming model
real-time
design
experimentation |
| Issue Date: | 24-Oct-2004 |
| Publisher: | Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2004. |
| Citation: | Conference on Onject Oriented Programming Systems Languages and Applications, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 24-28, 2004, |
| Abstract: | In the domain of hard real-time systems, which language is better: C++ or the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ)? Although ordinary Java provides a more productive programming environment than C++ due to its automatic memory management, that benefit does not apply to RTSJ when using NoHeapRealtimeThread and non-heap memory areas. As a result, RTSJ programmers must manage non-heap memory explicitly. While that's not a deterrent for veteran real-time programmers-where explicit memory management is common-the lack of certain language features in RTSJ (and Java) makes that manual memory management harder to accomplish safely than in C++. This paper illustrates the problem for practitioners in the context of moving data and managing memory in a real-time producer/consumer pattern. The relative ease of implementation and safety of the C++ programming model suggests that RTSJ has a struggle ahead in the domain of hard real-time applications, despite its other attractive features. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/41809 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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