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by aioprisan 4607 days ago
he was using real-time in the context of web applications
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FooBarWidget 4607 days ago
It is exactly the use of the word real-time in the context of web apps, that I find silly.
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hderms 4607 days ago
It's called soft-realtime. The difference is well known, and you getting offended about it isn't going to do anything for anyone.
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FooBarWidget 4604 days ago
It isn't even soft realtime. Go read up on what soft realtime really is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_computing#Criteria_f...
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