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Re: Spawning threads in NBC
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lugnet.robotics.nxt
Date: 
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:16:21 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.nxt, <dickswan@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

I don't know how the NXT-G thread/task scheduler works.

Just to clarify, NXT-G doesn't have a thread scheduler.  NXT-G is a just a
graphical programming language, not a firmware or a virtual machine.  The
standard NXT firwmare implements a virtual machine which has a thread scheduler.
The name of the standard NXT firmware is "the standard NXT firmware" or "the NXT
firmware", not "the NXT-G firmware".  For the sake of clarity it is important
that this difference is not obscured.

For example, it would be correct to say that NBC targets the NXT firmware but it
would be incorrect to say that NBC targets NXT-G or that it targets the NXT-G
firmware.

John Hansen



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  RE: Spawning threads in NBC
 
I don't know how the NXT-G thread/task scheduler works. Just wondering if anyone has any idea on the impact on execution performance when multiple threads are running? And how often threads are scheduled? For example, if you have a "main" thread (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)

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