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Assuming they have Java installed. Which, in my experience, is less and less likely as time goes on, for random samplings of non-developer Windows boxes.


Not anymore! Java now can link JVM, runtime, and your own modules into a bundle that just works and runs everywhere.

On Linux, you’re even able to compile most of it into a single binary.


Good to know. Does it tree-shake to cut down irrelevant stuff out of thefinal package?


That’s exactly why Jigsaw and jlink were so important, because they provide exactly that.




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