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In lugnet.robotics, Ram Meenakshisundaram writes:
> Hi,
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> I read somewhere that the RCX is limited to only 10 concurrent tasks.
> Is this limitation in the firmware? If so, can I use a replacement
> firmware like legOS to overcome this. I basically want to have an
> unlimited number of tasks so that I can port OCCAM-2 to the RCX. Thanks
<chuckle> 10 seems like a small number (yes its limited by the firmware)
until you try to use them all. In my experience only email and webserver type
applications kick off more than 4 or 5 threads at once.
DLC
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| (...) From some searching it appears that OCCAM-2 is a programming language for parallel systems, so having a lot of threads probably is desirable. It also seems to me that implementing an existing language on the RCX would generally involve new (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) That highly depends on the programming environment, and the skills and preferences of the programmer. Thread creation and management is very easy in Java, and therefore, Java programmers tend to use threads more liberally for example. Dozens (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi, I read somewhere that the RCX is limited to only 10 concurrent tasks. Is this limitation in the firmware? If so, can I use a replacement firmware like legOS to overcome this. I basically want to have an unlimited number of tasks so that I can (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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