From: schmidtd@my-deja.com   
      
   On 4/8/23 12:40 PM, fadden wrote:   
   > On Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 9:07:45 AM UTC-7, David Schmidt wrote:   
   >> On 4/6/23 4:17 PM, fadden wrote:   
   >>> Every language has a runtime.   
   >> If I write DiskStuff.py, you need a Python interpreter. If I write   
   >> DiskStuff.jar, you need a Java runtime.   
   >>   
   >> If I write DiskStuff.exe and DiskStuff.app, you just need an OS.   
   >   
   > There are two separate things: compilation to native form, and runtime   
   support.   
      
   Yep, well aware.  But the end result for Joe or Jane user is much   
   simpler: do they need to install and run one thing, or do they need to   
   install run two things?  My experience is that they're much happier when   
   it's just one.  The onus is now on me to maintain backwards and forwards   
   compatibility, and not on them.   
      
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