I’m opposed to tools bringing along the equivalent of an entire operating system, with a massive attack surface, versioning issues, separate package management, and everything else along for the ride.
A self-contained binary has everything it needs to function and is typically much smaller. If I’m not using Java for my work, then I don’t want to be encumbered with having to think about it, or stay up to speed with releases and everything else.
I like to see projects with as few dependencies as possible, even when statically linked. Bringing in the JDK when it’s not needed is tiresome.
