David E Payne wrote:
had a boron fuselage the whole thing could transmit optical packet signals which would still get through as long as there was any continuous skin between the communicants.
The 'boron' skin could transmit light ?
" ... Apparently the resulting RT OS has very little functionality, which is remedied by supplying that functionality via Linux VM's ..."
DP: The RT OS runs on a VM which runs on Linux or have I misunderstood?
What I was trying to convey was: the RT OS runs on an ARM CPU and various Linux VM's run on the RT OS; ......as I understood the situation !
..... simply examining the source code & compiling it yourself won't guarantee that the resulting software won't have intentionally programmed effects you don't want but someone else does.
or just unintended bugs; the problem of 'compiler bugs ' if you are obsessive about bugs; seems to involve some kind of long backwards historical regression eg to get current compiler binary CBn required CSn and previous compiler binary CBn-1; but to get CBn-1 required CSn-1 and CBn-2; but to get CBn-2 required CSn-2 and CBn-3 .................etc the regression presumably terminating with someone writtinig a compiler in assembler ?
Not that I'm suggesting NICTA would would destroy your purity of essence with nasty spyware additives; - no sir!
Well I'm glad you explained that ; it was causing many sleepless nights ! regards Rohan McLeod