[rualca]

> A sizable chunk of use cases for containerization is to confer the benefits of standalone executableness,

No, not really. Just because in the end you get to run an application that does not mean that it's reasonable to explain thins in terms of static linking.

This broken metaphor is particularly counterproductive once you take into account that container images also provide you the tools to bundle interpreters, run shells, and create temporary file systems automatically.

Talking about containers in any way that leaves out the containing part is counterproductive and a bad mental model.

[catlifeonmars]

Yes those are things you can do with containers. I don’t get your point. It’s not like a said containers are only useful for bundling dependencies.

As an aside, I think we’re approaching the concept from two different perspectives. I’m working backwards from a (sub)set of use cases, while you appear to be working forwards from a set of capabilities. I think both approaches have their place.