PREMISE: My SCP involves time-traveling robots, built for a specific purpose – fulfilling Stephen Hawking’s dream of going to space. As such, I have them programmed as automatons, merely running a predetermined set of instructions written in C++. These commands are to be executed at specific times (in accordance with a very precise clock) to simulate interactions with the people and environment; i.e. one robot runs “say hello” at 12:03:31 and “wave” at 12:03:33 as a predetermined response to Stephen Hawking's greeting at 12:03:29. The robots can do this perfectly because their creators from the future have predicted these events from the past.
QUESTIONS:
- If C++ isn’t the right language to write this, what is? And if C++ isn’t the right language to execute this, what would you call the software (designated Foresight) that does – a programming language, an operating system, or something else?
- What would I call this program (or Foresight, if need be) that seeks to execute code at exact times? A real-time operating program/system?
- What is the closest we could get to a perfect clock? How would we accomplish that? And how would I safely turn it off?
- What computer configuration would allow these robots to be both lifelike and precise, i.e. what type of processor could handle this?
You do not have to answer every question; you can just answer one. I need answers to all of these questions, however, so I would also appreciate it if you directed me to users who could answer the other questions.
Thank you in advance.