Are java executables standalone?

[John (Eljay) Love-Jensen]

>All the languages and compilers I have used before I started using java made standalone executables. It is a nuisance that the industry seems to have quit that neatness option.

Just for comparison, out of all 554 non-script executable files in my /bin and /usr/bin directories, only one of them is a standalone executable.

Ignoring a few .COM programs that run under OS/2 and Windows, I don't think I've written a standalone program since MS-DOS or Apple ProDOS (I didn't do any programming on GS/OS).  Even my Amiga programs relied on arp.library and a few others.

Sincerely,
--Eljay