Kotlin specifically has a "native mode" where it doesn't use the JVM and ships its own small runtime with a ref-counting cycle detecting gc, C interop and not m

Kotlin specifically has a "native mode" where it doesn't use the JVM and ships its own small runtime with a ref-counting cycle detecting gc, C interop and not much else. The binaries aren't 100 bytes but I suppose with more optimisation they could be. And although Kotlin/Native isn't actually exactly the same language as Kotlin/JVM it's got very good usability and IDE support already. So I think it can be quite a strong competitor for Rust in many areas.