Realtime scheduling??

[Paul Winkler]

François Pinard wrote:
> So, I just set the scheduler so it runs after real-time, instead of using
> the scheduler to insert theoretical delays.  That is, you maintain a logical
> real time in your program,....

I'm afraid I don't understand this term. What is "logical" real
time?

>... and when about to ask for a delay, you delay
> the logical real time plus the wanted delay minus the actual real time.
> The effect is that you automatically catchup on lags, and very surprisingly,
> it works well.  The musical behaviour is often acceptable even under heavy
> machine load.  Of course, it is perfect (or not far from) with light load.

I'd be very interested to see your code! Is it publically available?

I browsed around your website, but couldn't find anything that
looked relevant...

thanks very much,

PW 

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