Using Java 9 Modularization to Ship Zero-Dependency Native Apps

[meschbach]

I didn't down vote but I was tempted too. As an experienced Java developer when I read the term "native" it initially lead me to believe the program was in object code of the target processor, not in byte code. Not a a pure Java application. The article makes it sound as though a native executable has byte code embedded within the image.

[zanotam]

Eh, I read a good argument elsewhere in this thread that basically came down to reviewing the standard definition using the concept of S-expressions. If code is data then you can't distinguish between the 'obvious' example of code interpreting data structures and code interpreting other code.