Real-time systems and programming languages: Ada, real-time Java & C/Real time POSIX

How do real-time systems differ from normal information systems? Which languages are best for implementing different real-time systems? The fourth edition of this best-setling text on real-time systems answers these and other questions. It provides an in-depth analysis of the requirements for designing and implementing real-time embedded systems, and discusses how these requirements are met by current languages and operating systems. The languages are not only described, but also critically evaluated. No other book on real-time (or concurrent) programming languages covers the saure breadth of materiat. New to this fourth edition: Revised materiat reflecting the new Ada programming language standard that has significantly more support for real-time systems development. Updates to be compatible with the most-recent version of the Real-Time Specification for Java. New material in thé real-time POSIX area. An updated chapter on schedulability analysis technique including EDF scheduling. New chapters on real-time programming abstractions and fault-tolerance. Greater coverage of multiprocessor and mutticore architectures.