> And now I see AOT/Slimmed Runtime/Compact packaging are happening largely because of cloud deployments. I see the main driver of AOT to be startup time for t

> And now I see AOT/Slimmed Runtime/Compact packaging are happening largely because of cloud deployments. I see the main driver of AOT to be startup time for things like lambdas. The JVM is pretty lightweight anyway on modern hardware, especially if you use modules.