Do non-Android Kotlin programs need a JRE to run?
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Florian
05/20/2019, 6:40 PMDo non-Android Kotlin programs need a JRE to run?
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Ruckus
05/20/2019, 6:41 PMIf you're targeting the JVM, yes. If you're targeting JS or Native, no.
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Florian
05/20/2019, 6:42 PMJVM yes
Florian
05/20/2019, 6:42 PMThank you
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Ruckus
05/20/2019, 6:43 PMYou could bundle a JRE with your program to avoid requiring the user to have one on their machine.
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Florian
05/20/2019, 6:44 PMbut doesn't this kinda destroy the purpose of the JVM
Florian
05/20/2019, 6:44 PMbecause I have to make one for each OS
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robertoestivill
05/20/2019, 6:45 PMOr compile it to native with Graalvm 😎 and ship a binary without jre
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Ruckus
05/20/2019, 6:54 PM@Florian Maybe to some degree, but there are plenty of advantages to the Java ecosystem beyond just having the JVM installed everywhere (including safety, available libraries, etc.). Occasionally it makes sense to not expect the user to have a JRE installed (or even perhaps an incompatible JRE), but you still want the advantages of the ecosystem.
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Florian
05/20/2019, 7:00 PMok I see, thank you
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