Can C# .NET be used for hard real-time?

Question

Given that the familiar form of .NET is run on Windows, which is not a real-time O/S, and MONO runs on Linux (standard kernel is also not a real-time O/S).

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Answer 1

Short Answer: No.

Longer answer: The closest you can get is running the .net Micro Framework directly on Hardware, but the TinyCLR still doesn't give you deterministic timings. Microsoft has Windows CE/Windows Embedded Compact as their real time offering, but even that is only real time for slower tasks (I believe somewhere in the range of 50 microseconds or more - not sure if that qualifies for Hard Real Time)

I do not know if it were technically possible to create a real-time c# implementation, but no one has done one and even .net native isn't made for that.