An elevator in a Chicago skyscraper fell 84 floors, requiring a dramatic rescue

Re:An elevator in a Chicago skyscraper fell 84 floors, requi... by aaaaaaaaaab on Friday November 23, 2018 @10:07AM (#18516801)

Multi-threaded program for controlling safety-critical systems? What could go wrong...

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Re:An elevator in a Chicago skyscraper fell 84 floors, requi... by jhbruhn on Friday November 23, 2018 @12:03PM (#18517581)

This is were time-triggered architectures [1] can kick in! You divide your program into tasks and messages passed between tasks, and can then assign each task to a separate processor with a precise execution time. Same goes for messages.

[1] https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8e26/a95a24569b284271a54397...

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Re:An elevator in a Chicago skyscraper fell 84 floors, requi... by yk on Friday November 23, 2018 @01:46PM (#18518177)

You just need to acquire the global elevator lock.

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