Darren New wrote:

> When your machine has 5x the power it would need to do the job with 
> dedicated software from the ground up, it's easy to load a 3x overhead 
> factor in the form of a general purpose OS and still get it working OK.

The idea is that for an RTOS, too soon is as bad (or maybe even worse) 
than too late. You need precise timing.

That said, if you have a machine under minimal load, it's less difficult 
to guarantee exact timing.

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