> Go produces standalone code, though. So if I put the jvm and my .jar file inside a single .zip file java no longer has a runtime? And since C applications l

> Go produces standalone code, though. So if I put the jvm and my .jar file inside a single .zip file java no longer has a runtime? And since C applications load .so files they do have a runtime? Having a runtime is independent of the amount of files you need to read to run the program.