sumeshcs has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Sir, We are developing a system that runs on real time OS like 'RTLinux'. I have the following questions 1. Does PERL runs on RTLinux? 2. If 'No', Please mention any Unix/Linux based real time OS, in which I can run PERL. Thanking You Sumesh CS
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Re: running PERL Unix/Linux based real-time OS
by wjw (Priest) on Dec 13, 2010 at 06:32 UTC
    Did a google search on the question "Does PERL runs on RTLinux?", and came up with the following -> The RTLinux Manifesto which I thought was interesting...

    Hope it is useful..

    Update

    Following is a direct quote from the above paper which I believe answers the question:

    What makes RTLinux useful is that it extends the standard UNIX programming environment to realtime problems. RTLinux realtime interrupt handlers and tasks can be connected to ordinary Linux processes - either via a device interface where Linux processes read/write data, or via shared memory. A standard Linux process, perhaps executing a shell script or a Perl program, can collect data from a realtime handler or task, process and log it and display the results on X-Windows. Using Perl scripts to to control a realtime device from an ordinary PC may seem ridiculous, but it works surprisingly well.

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