Which programming languages that can generate self contained windows .exes?

Question

I want to make an easy to deploy Windows application and was was wondering which programming systems can create totally self contained Windows .exe files?

As a plus, if

Answer 1

I would recommend taking a look at AutoIt. It is an easy-to-use scripting language that will compile into an exe, so there are no runtimes needed. This would be for windows only though.

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/index.shtml

From the website:

AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. ... AutoIt is also very small, self-contained and will run on all versions of Windows out-of-the-box with no annoying "runtimes" required!