On: Lisping at JPL (2002)

[dehrmann]

I think C and C++ are the most popular languages for hard real time development, so you'll have better OS support, better best practices, more experience if you choose one of those.

But I don't do things in hard real time, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

[lisper → dehrmann]

You're not wrong. But "most popular" != "best". The Lisp we used on DS1 was hard-real-time.

[flavio81 → lisper]

You're doing God's work, Ron.

[lisper → flavio81]

:-)

[etaioinshrdlu → lisper]

did you ever work with Ed Gamble perchance? such a cool community we have here.

[lisper → etaioinshrdlu]

Yes, we worked together on the Remote Agent project.

[p_l → dehrmann]

A lot of aerospace real-time environments are still geared for Ada, and while C/C++ are available they are not the same as "vanilla" C/C++. Also, is there really C-specific support in a good RTOS? Probably doubtful, except for inertia or presence of header files if they expose them.