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From: rdoyle@axion.bt.co.uk (Number Six)
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Subject: Why concurrency in real-time systems design?
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Date: 1 Mar 90 15:29:22 GMT
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 Another question for all you real-time experts...

 Can anyone give me any ideas/references on why you need
to use concurrent tasks in the design of real-time systems?
I am perfectly willing to accept arguments based on purely
pragmatic reasons (eg "Past experience shows this is the
best way"), but I would be interested to hear any fundamental
justifications that this is the way we should model the design 
of any real-time system. 

 (Please note that I am not assuming a concurrent hardware
architecture - the design could, for example, be implemented
on a single processor).

			Thanks

				Richard Doyle

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