[Info-vax] [OT] Bare metal definition, was: Re: VMS port to x86

[Bob Koehler]

In article <jksot0$iv0$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
> 
> Windows runs on "bare metal", still many would claim that Windows
> is non-deterministic.

   It is always possible to write non-deterministic code on top of
   a bare metal, or on top of a deterministic OS.

   It is not possible to write deterministic code on top of a
   non-deterministic OS, micro-kernel, or othr software layer.