Definition of a High Level Language for Real-Time Distributed Systems Programming

Although there are certain "preferred" languages for real-time system design, such as C, C++, Ada 95, and increasingly Java, many real-time systems are still written in Fortran, assembly language, and even Visual BASIC. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the theoretical basis of real-time distributed systems in order to facilitate the definition and implementation a new programming language dedicated for this kind of systems.