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0 pointsivan_gammel9mo ago0 comments

Technically speaking, what’s the difference between native binary requiring some set of OS APIs or portable binary requiring a VM layer on top of OS? User experience can be the same, you can run those things from command line, pipe inputs and outputs etc.

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chii9mo ago

the difference might be expectations that the OS api exists and does not require an installation pre-execution of the binary.

On the other hand, i think the jvm, like python, ought to be part of a standard install of an OS tbh. Then there would really be no difference.

piva009mo ago

You can package a JVM into a binary executable, no need for a system JVM that way.

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chii9mo ago

the difference might be expectations that the OS api exists and does not require an installation pre-execution of the binary.

On the other hand, i think the jvm, like python, ought to be part of a standard install of an OS tbh. Then there would really be no difference.

piva009mo ago

You can package a JVM into a binary executable, no need for a system JVM that way.

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