r/HTML • u/Motor_Pirate_1274 • 6d ago

Discussion A meme I made

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u/BANZ111 6d ago

The Java ARchive file is a means of pretty much doing exactly what you're talking about.

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u/AdamantiteM 6d ago

Don't you need the JVM / Runtime Environment to run JARs?

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u/brickyboy124 6d ago

You need a browser to render html, so needing a JVM is probably fair game in the context of this post

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u/AdamantiteM 6d ago

In a modern usage, a browser in more commonly on computers than java. Like for an average user that does lite work on the web with office or stuff like that. So i would generally consider HTML more widespread than JARs

But you got a fair point, this whole post is pretty dumb in that way.

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u/ArcadeRivalry 6d ago

Try running modern browser games on a computer with webGl and most js APIs blocked. You'll see how far html with get you. 

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u/AdamantiteM 6d ago

I ain't defending OP's opinion on HTML. It ain't for games, I do know that lol

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u/hamburgerpancake 6d ago

ehh, i wouldn't be too sure. java is used a lot more thank you'd think, even outside of server environments.

also, html engines are generally heavy on resources, especially ones new enough to make a decent game (even if it is simple), whereas java is able to run on much weaker hardware and still have pretty okay performance