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They do, this idea is as old as UNCOL in 1958. Regarding OSes still being sold today that use this idea, IBM i with Timi, Unisys ClearCase (started as Burrough

by pjmlp 3mo ago

They do, this idea is as old as UNCOL in 1958. Regarding OSes still being sold today that use this idea, IBM i with Timi, Unisys ClearCase (started as Burroughs B5000 in 1961), Android, Java and .NET on embedded devices. Then we have the ones from past times, Xerox PARC workstations with programmable microcode, Modula-2 M-Code on Lilith, Oberon slim binaries, Inferno with Limbo, Pascal UCSD P-Code, Andrew Compiler Toolkit... Ah, and the WebAssembly folks pretending they are the very first with this idea.

MiroslavPokorny 3mo ago
How many users does UNCOL or Xerox PARC have today ? Not many. The main o/s we all use today such as Linux/MAC/Windows dont and Im asking why not given the advantages such a binary would give.