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I've often wondered why Sun never made .JAR files an executable format like .sh, .bat, .tcl, .py, .doc, etc. It seems like a good way to reduce friction in bin

I've often wondered why Sun never made .JAR files an executable format like .sh, .bat, .tcl, .py, .doc, etc. It seems like a good way to reduce friction in binary distribution and get a lot more users of the language. Can anyone share the reasons?

hans_castorp 6y ago
They did. The installers used to associate .jar with the java executable (at least on Windows) so a double click would start it. I don't know if they do this still.