This seems to be a trend - python, before it erlang-on-metal. Is there a stable higher-level language runtime that runs on bare metal (that I can boot in a VM)?

This seems to be a trend - python, before it erlang-on-metal. Is there a stable higher-level language runtime that runs on bare metal (that I can boot in a VM)? Or, better yet, something that compiles arbitrary LLVM code into .ISOs for deployment?