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A low-level tasking package for Ada

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SIGAda '87: Proceedings of the 1987 annual ACM SIGAda international conference on Ada

Pages 141 - 146

https://doi.org/10.1145/317500.317519

Published: 08 December 1987 Publication History

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A standard package of low-level Ada tasking operations is needed, to support real-time embedded applications for which the existing Ada tasking operations are too slow or provide insufficient control over timing. This paper suggests criteria for such a package, and gives examples of how specific low-level tasking operations might be used to solve some important real-time problems.

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T.P. Baker, "A Corset for Ada', TR-86-09-06, University of Wazhington Computer Science Department, Seattle (198(i).

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T.P. Baker and K. Jeffay, "A Lace for Ada's Corset", TR-86-09-05, University of Washington Computer Science Department, Seattle (1986).

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Baker T(1989)Fixing some time-related problems in AdaACM SIGAda Ada Letters10.1145/91360.91382X:4(136-143)Online publication date: 1-May-1989
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/91360.91382
Baker TGoodenough J(1989)Fixing some time-related problems in AdaProceedings of the third international workshop on Real-time Ada issues10.1145/91354.91382(136-143)Online publication date: 1-May-1989
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/91354.91382
Baker TShaw A(1989)The cyclic executive model and AdaReal-time Systems10.1007/BF023419191:1(7-25)Online publication date: Jun-1989
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02341919
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A low-level tasking package for Ada
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Embedded systems
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features
        Modules / packages
      2. Language types
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Operating systems
        Process management
    2. Software system structures
      1. Embedded software
      2. Real-time systems software

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SIGAda '87: Proceedings of the 1987 annual ACM SIGAda international conference on Ada

December 1987

240 pages

ISBN:0897912438

DOI:10.1145/317500

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Benjamin M. Brosgol
Alsys, Inc.

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Baker T(1989)Fixing some time-related problems in AdaACM SIGAda Ada Letters10.1145/91360.91382X:4(136-143)Online publication date: 1-May-1989
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/91360.91382
Baker TGoodenough J(1989)Fixing some time-related problems in AdaProceedings of the third international workshop on Real-time Ada issues10.1145/91354.91382(136-143)Online publication date: 1-May-1989
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/91354.91382
Baker TShaw A(1989)The cyclic executive model and AdaReal-time Systems10.1007/BF023419191:1(7-25)Online publication date: Jun-1989
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02341919
Baker TShaw A(1988)The cyclic executive model and AdaProceedings. Real-Time Systems Symposium10.1109/REAL.1988.51108(120-129)Online publication date: 1988
https://doi.org/10.1109/REAL.1988.51108

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