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		thirdsight on Dec 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A glimpse into a new programming language under de... No. The JRE can ship with the app. The CLR ships with the OS.

camus2 on Dec 28, 2013 | [–]

> No. The JRE can ship with the app. The CLR ships with the OS.

Yet you still need the JRE for Java.

pmelendez on Dec 28, 2013 | [–]

The fact that the JRE can ship with the app doesn't change the fact that it stills need a VM runtime with all the overhead that it implies.

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