ut why this may be useful, how other languages' tools do it, and how it works within Oak.</p><h2>Why static binaries?</h2><p>Static binaries are <em>simple</em>, and most of the benefits of static binaries come from that simplicity.</p><p>They're simple to <strong>distribute</strong>. If I write an Oak program and try to share it or back it up as a collection of files, I have to somehow move many files in a specific hierarchy of folders all together, so that the overall structure is preserved. I also need t