Originally posted by kovan
no
ALL languages use ONE runtime dll
you STILL need to have soemthing

almost every language requires runtimes
even java

so you still need that dll installed somewhere
(windows will suplly this with windows of course)
C, C++, and Assembly don't need no runtimes. They make stand-alone apps that don't require runtimes at all. Using C, C++, and ASM, you can even create your own OS's!