This seems like a packaging problem. In Java 9, it's possible to produce a single binary containing the JRE and application code; same way as go producing a sin

This seems like a packaging problem. In Java 9, it's possible to produce a single binary containing the JRE and application code; same way as go producing a single binary containing the Go runtime and application code. > Python Then you have to install the right version of python, and you get even more of a nightmare than a Java install. At least the Java ecosystem doesn't suggest a separate tool (eg, virtualenv or similar) to support things like JAVA_HOME. This applies equally to any non-statically-compiled application distribution; I don't see CMake files + some specially blessed CMake version that you also have to install as coming close to that.