A standard Docker container with a NodeJS/PHP/Python app is usually around 200-300 MB (yes really), the OpenJDK JVM is around a hundred MB, but a fully statically compiled rust binary that doesn't even depend on libc is just a couple MB and can be deployed as a tiny distroless Docker container.

It's a lot heavier than your 8kb C++ executable but it's nothing compared to what is required to deploy anything else.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, so it's inconvenient for GPL-circumventers, too? That just sounds better and better.

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To me, it is mostly a real blocker for using it in some embedded Linux devices due to size constraints, otherwise I personally would be using it extensively.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm having a hard time imagining this Goldilocks embedded device that is simultaneously big enough to run Linux (so not an actual microcontroller), yet too small for a few megabytes worth of statically-linked libraries. Got an example?