• a_random_fox@discuss.tchncs.de
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    16 hours ago

    It is not quite a native binary, but the effect of not having to install java to run it is the same. Using jlink you can assemble a runtime image containing the java bytecode for the application and a custom runtime enviroment containing the parts of the the jre needed to run that program.

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      Yeah that makes sense given the language. So it’ll be a fatter binary than typical for what’s needed.