Tested code examples are provided throughout to help programmers get up to speed. The web site also allows you to download a sample chapter, Clocks and Timers , free of charge. The Chapter meets in Ottawa, and serves the Eastern Ontario area. Most members are communicators working in the high-tech industry or the federal government. Many members work as independent contractors.
Membership is open to everyone.
With close to 20,000 members, the STC is the world's largest and fastest growing professional organization devoted to advancing the theory and practice of technical communication. The STC's network of chapters in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australasia helps members to keep pace with what's new in the profession, and to meet and exchange ideas. Authored by Robert Krten , a software design consultant with 15 years experience in developing realtime systems, the book covers all the concepts and issues that lie at the heart of realtime programming - priorities, scheduling algorithms, clocks, timers, interrupts, and so on. Tested code examples are provided throughout to help programmers get up to speed. And it explains how developers can use QNX's message-passing microkernel architecture to implement clean, modular designs that greatly simplify testing and integration.