For the applications I have in mind I would be happy with soft real- time performance. The Linux kernel is frequently used in soft-realtime applications. The Dalvik garbage collector problem mentioned above is a good point.
My thinking is that when/if Android becomes a very popular platform there may be a plethora of cheap ARM based boards capable of running Android which might make a great education/hobbyist platform for electronics, robotics etc. On Jul 9, 7:13 pm, David Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > Dalvik and Android run on top of Linux which does *not* offer real-time > guarantees at all, so I guess the answer is no. > > > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 6:11 PM, jdesbonnet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A question to anyone familiar with the internals of Android / Davlik > > VM: does it has the potential to be an embedded OS with real time > > capabilities (eg robot controller, engine computer etc)? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
