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Re:Choosing Java instead of C++ for low-latency systems by gumby on Monday February 22, 2021 @11:12AM (#26226149)
That’s correct: a real-time system can be slower, if that’s what it takes to be deterministic. And usually that is one of the things it takes.

I have never understood why people might think it ought to be faster.

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Re:Choosing Java instead of C++ for low-latency systems by jacobr1 on Monday February 22, 2021 @11:33AM (#26226448)
It is another classic confusion between a definition in technical jargon (maybe even a formal definition) and the vernacular. Real-time for most people means "instantaneous," and definitions of latency are not considered. So it is a shorthand for "low-latency" without a rooted understanding latency at all.
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