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by nonameiguess 1731 days ago
For programming languages that offer a good experience with static linking, sure, but even those may depend on external config files, environment variables, specific ports and sockets, all of which can potentially conflict with other programs on the same physical host. Go binaries are almost always just one file and yet are among the most popular to deploy as containers along with making up virtually all of the CNCF ecosystem.