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Ada has long been used for developing safety-critical systems, and the upcoming Ada 2005 language revision extends this support. For various reasons Java has not been a serious choice in this domain. However, recent work based on the Real-Time Specification for Java promises to make Java technology a credible alternative. This paper discusses and compares Ada and the RTSJ with respect to the requirements for safety-critical systems, in particular how they can serve as the basis for subsets that can be used for developing safety-certified software.
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Brosgol, B.M., Wellings, A. (2006). A Comparison of Ada and Real-Time JavaTM for Safety-Critical Applications. In: Pinho, L.M., González Harbour, M. (eds) Reliable Software Technologies – Ada-Europe 2006. Ada-Europe 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4006. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11767077_2
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