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From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Raw Input Driver
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:23:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9f6b6afb208715c0f2db6433d94f8b21@terzarima.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2470057889c7c25d3cf6c0284b3bcc73@quanstro.net>

in the slow-network situation the thing you're responding to on the display
might not be accurate (eg, feedback delayed) which low-level input merging
won't address.

(actually, the only time i have trouble with acme is when the mouse positioning
is marginal and it slips. otherwise, no, i don't find things typed in a window
where i didn't intend them.)

>it's people realtime not real realtime.

the former is an example of the latter.
real-time is meeting deadlines. deadlines are always real, if you've got them.
there isn't a distinction based on speed (ie, 1 usec is "real", but 10ms is not).
any hard/soft distinction is typically based on whether the program can miss a deadline,
and the consequences.



  reply	other threads:[~2009-03-20 12:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-20  7:00 James Tomaschke
2009-03-20  7:07 ` lucio
2009-03-20  7:57   ` James Tomaschke
2009-03-20  9:12     ` erik quanstrom
2009-03-20 11:05       ` Charles Forsyth
2009-03-20 10:54         ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2009-03-20 11:07         ` cinap_lenrek
2009-03-20 11:28         ` roger peppe
2009-03-20 11:39           ` Fco. J. Ballesteros
2009-03-20 12:04             ` erik quanstrom
2009-03-20 11:32         ` erik quanstrom
2009-03-20 12:23           ` Charles Forsyth [this message]
2009-03-20 12:16             ` erik quanstrom
2009-03-20 13:03             ` roger peppe
2009-03-20 13:37               ` tlaronde
2009-03-20 14:26                 ` roger peppe
2009-03-20 15:02                   ` tlaronde
2009-03-20 15:14                     ` tlaronde
2009-03-20 12:52           ` maht
2009-03-20 22:23         ` James Tomaschke
2009-03-20  9:13     ` lucio
2009-03-20 14:18 Francisco J Ballesteros
2009-03-20 14:29 ` roger peppe
2009-03-20 14:22 Francisco J Ballesteros
2009-03-20 14:32 ` roger peppe
2009-03-20 15:17 ` lucio
2009-03-20 14:35 Francisco J Ballesteros
2009-03-20 14:46 Francisco J Ballesteros

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