Given that there are real time JVMs controlling ballistic systems and aiming turrets on battleships, I guess they have a pretty good predictable response time.
Also I have a JVM running on the Cisco phone on my desk and the Ricoh laser printer down the hall.
Just, because there is a portion of the market that a certain concept doesn't apply, it doesn't mean it isn't viable in other segments of the same market.
For Go to be successful on embedded systems, doesn't mean it must run everywhere.
Heck there are even embedded CPUs that cannot cope with ANSI C, and that hasn't prevented people to make use of it on other market segments of the embedded space.
http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2010/04/aonix-perc...
http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2009/03/thales-cho...
Also I have a JVM running on the Cisco phone on my desk and the Ricoh laser printer down the hall.
Just, because there is a portion of the market that a certain concept doesn't apply, it doesn't mean it isn't viable in other segments of the same market.
For Go to be successful on embedded systems, doesn't mean it must run everywhere.
Heck there are even embedded CPUs that cannot cope with ANSI C, and that hasn't prevented people to make use of it on other market segments of the embedded space.