Comment by jart

Author of Blink here. Yes. Absolutely. I've always wanted to have Java's tools (e.g. "build once run anywhere" simplistic development) except I want to program in C / C++ instead of Java. The main platform I target is x86_64 desktops and servers, on which I want to run natively (rather than Java, which would force my code to always be virtualized) and Blink lets me pull out the virtual machine trick when I need it (e.g. someone wants to run the apps I've released on an esoteric platform like MIPS OpenBSD). All the x86_64 Linux executables I spent the past several years writing and releasing are suddenly able to be enjoyed by users on platforms I'd never dreamed of, like Haiku, and I didn't have to do anything to "port" and re-release those binaries on my website in order to do that. We just had to build one tiny 180kb virtual machine (unlike the JVM which is more like 100mb and might bundle a browser toolbar in the installer) and I made it open source (ISC, unlike Qemu which is GPL) so that you can enjoy these benefits too.