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Third International Workshop on Real-Time Computing Systems Application (RTCSA'96)   p. 278
Gnass: a Gnat-based allocation and scheduling system
B. Noorduin, Fac. of Math. & Inf., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
J. van Katwijk, Fac. of Math. & Inf., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
C. Pronk, Fac. of Math. & Inf., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

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Abstract
The Ada 95 programming language is designed for programming large systems and for concurrent programming. However, it does not provide facilities in the areas of processor allocation to tasks while its support for flexible task scheduling is limited. In this paper we describe some experiments, resulting in Gnass, in which we extend Ada facilities for real-time multiprocessor applications. As environment we took the Gnat implementation on Solaris (the GNU NYU Ada Translator, Gnat), this primarily because of its availability. Two features offered by Gnass are discussed in this paper, namely control over processor allocation, and scheduling based on timing requirements.
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Index Terms- parallel processing; Gnass; Gnat-based allocation and scheduling system; Ada 95 programming language; concurrent programming; processor allocation; flexible task scheduling; real-time multiprocessor applications; Solaris; timing requirements Citation:  B. Noorduin, J. van Katwijk, C. Pronk, "Gnass: a Gnat-based allocation and scheduling system," rtcsa, p. 278,  Third International Workshop on Real-Time Computing Systems Application (RTCSA'96),  1996