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Question/Challenge: Is it possible to build/boot a linux system without a shell?

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In cre209, it is described how the old sysv init was based on shell scripts and how systemd does not require a shell for those things.

This makes me wonder: Is it possible to build a functional linux system that does run some application (for example a web server) which does not include any shell (no bash/sh/busybox)?