top | item 5374080 (no title) j_col | 13 years ago Sure I get, but I think it just dilutes the meaning of the term "real-time" to use it in a soft context. discuss order hn newest irahul|13 years ago > Sure I get, but I think it just dilutes the meaning of the term "real-time" to use it in a soft context.Soft realtime isn't a new thing. Chat has always been soft realtime. mweibel|13 years ago Well I guess this depends on the context. Usually when I talk about real-time I talk about soft real-time and explicitly state "hard" when I talk about hard real-time (which I don't really do as I don't do hard real-time ;)).
irahul|13 years ago > Sure I get, but I think it just dilutes the meaning of the term "real-time" to use it in a soft context.Soft realtime isn't a new thing. Chat has always been soft realtime.
mweibel|13 years ago Well I guess this depends on the context. Usually when I talk about real-time I talk about soft real-time and explicitly state "hard" when I talk about hard real-time (which I don't really do as I don't do hard real-time ;)).
irahul|13 years ago
Soft realtime isn't a new thing. Chat has always been soft realtime.
mweibel|13 years ago