Chapter 8. Introduction to the Real-Time Java Platform
A real-time specification for Java is a rather remarkable idea. Java programs running on a JVM are, as a rule, much slower than similar programs written in C and compiled to the target processor. Even worse for real time, garbage collection stops everything else from time to time. These are not the characteristics of a good real-time platform. The promise of the Java platform for real time is that Java specifies a complete platform, and the charter of the Real Time Java Expert Group allowed it a free hand with the entire scope of the Java platform.[1] The Java platform includes aspects of the ...
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