"Loud and clear, Dad. Are you sure this won't fry my battery? The PDF you made me read said 'non-preemptive scheduling violations may lead to undefined behavior.' That sounds like 'your car might explode.'"
He pressed the brake pedal in the Audi. The ISO 17356-3 standard defined a Counter mechanism for periodic activation. But braking was an Alarm —a high-priority interrupt. The PDF’s section 11.4 stated: "If an Alarm is activated while the Counter is in overflow state, the Alarm is queued." iso 17356-3 pdf
Lena gasped. "It worked! It actually understood your ancient dinosaur language!" "Loud and clear, Dad