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Originally Posted by Astronouth7303
The current generation of controllers just don't have a prayer of running an RTOS. Period. No easy multi-threading, inefficient indirect referencing, and a collection of other architecture issues make it pretty much impossible.
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We aren't discussing the current controller.
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Originally Posted by Astronouth7303
One of the issues of using any RTOS is the complexity of developing code for a new device. While I have no experience with any RTOS, I know that if you miscode a kernel module (or w/e the term is for the RTOS of your choice), the debugging could be a real hassle.
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No one is expecting teams to code at the kernel level.
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Originally Posted by Astronouth7303
Even if you don't write code at a kernel level, you can still have issues with threading that just don't appear in current code.
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Who said teams will be forced to write multi-threaded apps, or even know what a thread is?
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Originally Posted by Astronouth7303
At this time, FIRST robots do not (generally) meet complexity requirements to justify an RTOS.
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*sigh* I could write volumes about this one sentence, but I have other things to do...
-Kevin
Honestly, just when I thought FIRST had finally created an FRC game without any near universally-hated rules, they went ahead and made one in TM 1. - artdutra04 [more] 
11-09-2007, 19:54
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