Thanks for the insights - I must admit I only briefly ever even used Java so I am not an expert. Do you have any recommendations for documents or a PDF that covers the JVM memory model and scheduler in any depth that makes it appropriate, possibly with applications to hard-realtime systems?

Again, thanks for the response, this was insightful and I'd love to learn more.

Also, an aside - do you have any thoughts on the use of Rust in these same systems? It's a little bit more bleeding edge, but I'm curious to hear an expert's thoughts!