Huh, so you can run binaries in GAE by downloading a statically linked app to /tmp, chmod'ing & executing it? And there would be no limits on how it's run? That's crazy & pretty cool!
The Java 8, Node.js (just announced at I/O) and GCF environments use a new sandbox that should allow you to run any binary. Of course there are limits, and you have to pay to run things on App Engine past the free tier, but most things should run just fine.
The older GAE sandboxes didn't let you do this (and had a ton of other limitations as well)
The Java 8, Node.js (just announced at I/O) and GCF environments use a new sandbox that should allow you to run any binary. Of course there are limits, and you have to pay to run things on App Engine past the free tier, but most things should run just fine.
The older GAE sandboxes didn't let you do this (and had a ton of other limitations as well)