# Noob with noob questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Answers\ **Created:** [July 5, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/noob-with-noob-questions/1124 "2022-07-05T23:46:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![jbclements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/jbclements/32/11_2.png) [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/noob-with-noob-questions/1124/2 "2022-07-06T09:56:27Z")
It should be possible to create stand-alone executables. See [https://docs.racket-lang.org/guide/exe.html](https://docs.racket-lang.org/guide/exe.html) (... which is actually just a pointer to three different pages.) You also ask about platforms: Racket 8.5 supports a new "--enable-pb" mode that may allow compilation to platforms that are not currently supported by native code generation. The 8.5 release notes say: "See “README.txt” in the source distribution for more information on the —enable-pb flag to configure." Note that IIUC, this is an area of ongoing work, and that currently, you could run into some challenges in supporting other platforms. EDIT: see also this discussion: > [@Chez for architectures without native backends](https://racket.discourse.group/t/chez-for-architectures-without-native-backends/950): > > In light of this enhancement in Racket 8.5: I'm trying to understand how to adapt Guix's package of Racket's Chez Scheme variant to support e.g. powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu, which is one of Guix's supported systems. (I think the same would apply for mips64el-unknown-linux-gnu, riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu, and i586-unknown-gnu, i.e. the Hurd.) Currently, Guix bootstraps Racket's Chez Scheme by building Racket BC [3M], running racket rktboot/main.rkt to generate bootfiles for the inferred curre… --- _[View the full topic](https://racket.discourse.group/t/noob-with-noob-questions/1124)._