Archived tweet #9550 from the @leastfixedpoint Twitter Archive

There's such a strong connection between the idea of "PL runtime" and "OS" (mem mgmt, I/O mgmt, task sched, package/upgrade/lifecycle/version/cfg mgmt, user interface, etc.) that it makes sense both to - think of a PL as an OS (Smalltalk, Erlang, JVM) & - think of an OS as a PL