[cbdfghh]

What I would personally like (and I'm kind of surprised all projects which tried to implement it died) is a Java -> static exe/elf compiler (sort of like Go) or at least java -> exe/elf +libjava.so .

I hate that deploying Java requires that everything has to be configured _exactly_ right, and write once run anywhere turns into write once debug everywhere.

[twic]

That's been around since 2014:

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/deplo...

[fauigerzigerk]

IntelliJ or maven can at least create a fat runnable jar that includes all dependencies. So once you have a JVM on the target machine that jar is all you need to deploy.

But I agree with you that an entirely static compilation target that includes the JVM and excludes everything that isn't necessary would be very desirable.

[pjmlp]

> Java -> static exe/elf compiler (sort of like Go)

The ones that died where the open source ones, most commercial JVMs do support AOT compilation since the early 2000's.

[user5994461]

Other languages don't do much better once you start to have a few dependencies.