Kotlin's one of the most attractive feature is Kotlin-Native.
What's Kotlin-Native ?
Ok. Kotlin-Native is a feature in which you will be able to run kotlin application without JVM. Cool ;)
To get kotlin native support you have to install kotlin native compiler.
Kotlin-Native complier repository : https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native.
First clone it in your PC. Then move to kotlin-native folder. In this folder execute,
./gradlew dependencies:update
It will install all dependencies required for kotlin native.
Then execute,
./gradlew dist && ./gradlew cross_dist
It will build binaries.
Binaries will appear in kotlin-native/dist/bin/ directory.
Now open terminal & nano Hello.kt
In Hello.kt paste the below code.
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
println("Hello World")
}
Save & Close it.
Its time to compile. Compile with
kotlinc-native Hello.kt -o Hello
It will generate a Hello.kexe & Hello.kt.bc. Hello.kexe is platform base executable.
Give Hello.kexe executable permission by
chmod +x Hello.kexe
Finally Execute Hello.kexe & you will get output Hello World.
Superb, You don't need Java Virtual Machine to run your application ;)
Note : Tested on macOS & Ubuntu. Should work on Windows in same way.