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> You can't write a kernel in Go because it has a mandatory runtime system and garbage collection.

Could you please provide a link or two on that, or give some explanation on why this is not possible?

[foobarbazqux]

It's quite possible, here's an example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_%28operating_syste...

They only used C and assembly for interrupt handling.