Comment by billfruit

1 month ago

Java perhaps? That was one of the core promises of the Java ecosystem.

> produce relatively small binaries for simple applications

The problem is that you need to have a huge Java runtime installed or use something like Jlink which still produces very large binaries for GUI apps.

I think wxWidgets is the Lazarus alternative that is the closest to what grandparent was asking for.

https://wxwidgets.org/

  • Thanks.

    Is there something similar for Android as well?

    Asking ChatGPT, it has made recommendations for Haxe most importantly, which claims to support a large number of platforms.

    • On Android, Java running on top of the Android Runtime is the native framework for apps.