Also I would point out that your compiled Java binary apps might run just fine on a platform not existing at the time it was compiled. Example: I wrote a Mand

Also I would point out that your compiled Java binary apps might run just fine on a platform not existing at the time it was compiled. Example: I wrote a Mandelbrot program compiled as a double-clickable JAR. Nearly a decade later I find that it runs just fine, albeit more slowly, on . . . a Raspberry Pi.