From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2007-08-06T07:22:22+09:00
Subject: Re: [mildly OT] JVM Languages group

John Joyce wrote:
> interesting.
> seems to be a common theme these days.
> compiling to an intermediary language,
> gcc
> MS's CLR.
> But a Java based solution certainly increases the 
> distribution/availability of any language (and software in it).
> However, in Java tradition, perhaps it will just be "write once, debug 
> everywhere" again?

Let's hope not :) Seriously though, it seems like the time is ripe for 
all the dozens of JVM language implementations (including two separate 
Ruby implementations!) to work together on the platform as a whole. With 
Java being open-sourced and polyglot programming becoming the hot new 
thing, it's a no-brainer to start collaborating in this sort of group.

- Charlie