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The JVM does solve the distribution problem that's heavily frustrated me with other platforms. I can create a great tool in Ruby for example, but asking a comp
by technion 9y ago
The JVM does solve the distribution problem that's heavily frustrated me with other platforms.
I can create a great tool in Ruby for example, but asking a computer illiterate to run it in Windows isn't going to happen.
You can however hand that person a .jar from Clojure and ask them to run it.
- megaman22 9y agoAssuming they have Java installed. Which, in my experience, is less and less likely as time goes on, for random samplings of non-developer Windows boxes.
- kuschku 9y agoNot anymore! Java now can link JVM, runtime, and your own modules into a bundle that just works and runs everywhere. On Linux, you’re even able to compile most of it into a single binary.