From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <035501c44e51$6f2268a0$9b7f7d50@SOMA> From: "boyd, rounin" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: <4fa4328626f76766f4799367fc0550c7@vitanuova.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] A prick into the wasps' nest ;-) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:41:52 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 99d82f4c-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > Practitioners in the field of real-time computer system design often > distinguish between `hard' and `soft' real-time systems. Hard real-time > systems are those where it is absolutely imperative that responses occur > within the specified deadline. Soft real-time systems are those where response > times are important but the system will still function correctly if deadlines > are occasionally missed. > ... > the softness isn't a licence for sloppiness. well put.