d</code>, which is kind of cute) and the size of the included JavaScript bundle, so that when the Deno executable in that compiled file runs, it can check the last 8 bytes of itself and extract the bundled JavaScript program to run it.</li></ol><p>If you think about it, Deno compile works by cloning itself, and then making that clone...pull its own program out of its butt.</p><p>Corey Butler has a <a href="https://medium.com/swlh/javascript-executables-5644ead7016d">good write up about building JavaScript e