Using Java 9 Modularization to Ship Zero-Dependency Native Apps – StevePerkins.comUsing Java 9 Modularization to Ship Zero-Dependency Native Apps “Why can’t I just build an .EXE?” When Java was first introduced, mainstream programming languages mostly either compiled to standalone executables (e.g. C/C++, COBOL), or else ran in an interpreter (e.g. Perl, Tcl). For many programmers, Java’s need for both a bytecode compiler and a runtime interpreter was a shift in thought. The co
