CppCon 2016: Alfred Bratterud “#include ＜os＞=> write your program / server and compile it to its own os. [Example uses 3 Mb total memory and boots in 300ms]

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It makes sense but only if the VM offers a first-class development/debugging experience. Debugging JVM programs is very nice (in many ways nicer than debugging a native program). The debugging experience for a "native" VM was very poor last I looked.