Requirements for Real-Time Languages Real-time languages have different requirements from other programming languages because of the special nature of their applications, the environment in which their object programs are executed and the environment in which they may be compiled. It may not be the language extensions that ultimately advance developments in the field. Progress may be made by attacking the special compiling and executing system problems that must be solved. CACM March, 1966 Opler, A. CA660313 JB March 3, 1978 11:48 AM 1459 5 1459 1459 5 1459 1459 5 1459