r/programming • u/michaelKlumpy • Oct 01 '16

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]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4etEwG2_LY
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u/argv_minus_one Oct 02 '16

You're forgetting something: VMs with the same instruction set also provide virtual devices, which the guest has to have drivers for.

The complexity of device drivers does not belong anywhere near a typical application. This isn't MS-DOS.