I was answering the question in a general sense for the more prolific operating systems and on generic commonly available general-purpose processors.
Yes one can implement a CPU that natively executes a runtime for a high-level language, make your own ASIC, or FPGA, etc. that does this. That is a more advanced response to the general question.
Knowing the detailed points I mentioned will help understand why specialization of processors is needed to support other higher-level languages that do not meet the requirements I laid out.
For TamaGo, it seems to allow developers run their application, not build an OS on the hardware. But I have not played with it, you are right.
> TamaGo is a framework that enables compilation and execution of unencumbered Go applications on bare metal
The environment does not seem to allow building a generic operating system [1]. F-Secure ported the runtime itself to boot natively. But please correct me.
> There is no thread support
The environment you run in is specifically curated for Go applications, such as the memory layout. I'd call this an "appliance" rather than enabling Go to be used for full-fledged generic operating system implementations.
Yes one can implement a CPU that natively executes a runtime for a high-level language, make your own ASIC, or FPGA, etc. that does this. That is a more advanced response to the general question.
Knowing the detailed points I mentioned will help understand why specialization of processors is needed to support other higher-level languages that do not meet the requirements I laid out.