[Teckla]

Thanks for taking the time to respond!

I'd love a Java AOT compiler that produces native binaries with no additional dependencies. (I'd even be okay if, as a side effect, some Java features were not supported, making it technically not-Java.)

For small tools and utilities, the JVM requirement is quite onerous, especially when one does not know if the end user has Java installed, or if they do, what version.

Alas, the company I work for will not budget for a Java AOT compiler, and for my hobby programming, the commercial Java AOT compilers are far too expensive to justify.

I'll just keep hoping a good and free (or inexpensive) Java AOT compiler becomes available some day. I would even donate money and/or code if a serious project started.

[pjmlp]

> For small tools and utilities, the JVM requirement is quite onerous, especially when one does not know if the end user has Java installed, or if they do, what version.

There some efforts in this direction with the OpenJDK.

As of Java 8 there is an application packager that brings everything together.

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

And the size of the native runtime has been reduced.

http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/148

> I'll just keep hoping a good and free (or inexpensive) Java AOT compiler becomes available some day. I would even donate money and/or code if a serious project started.

If you are on GNU/Linux, Mac OS/X check RoboVM.

http://www.robovm.com/