The robustness of Linux is widely acknowledged, but it can’t quite match the microsecond management of a real-time operating system (RTOS) for time critical situations such as CNC machine instructions, vehicular control, or health sensor collection. If your software must record, manage, or control events within a narrow and precise time window and you’re invested in Linux for core development, you can consider some of these strategies for handling time-critical tasks without abandoning your familiar environment.

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    8 months ago

    Yeah, space software is crazy restrictive. I read they don’t allow you to allocate ANYTHING on the heap. It’s all static stack-based all the way.

    A 10 year long memory leak on the way to Pluto isn’t a good thing I guess…