I like,and use, Java, but the fact that the C hello world requires no "interpreter" (JREs almost always also include one or two JIT compilers, and sometimes no

I like,and use, Java, but the fact that the C hello world requires no "interpreter" (JREs almost always also include one or two JIT compilers, and sometimes no interpreter at all) doesn't make the comparison unfair. In fact, it's the point of the comparison. That said, unless the C binary was statically linked against the CRT, the size of the CRT should also be included (at least on Windows).