For further consideration, round 2

[Greg Brown]

> No, language interoperability isn't a major goal of the JVM work.   
> Rather, it attempts to make the JVM a better platform for single- 
> language programming in languages other than Java.

That's disappointing, if true. I like Java. I think it's great that  
the JVM supports other languages as well, but I plan to continue to  
write code in Java and use script occasionally when it's more  
efficient/intuitive (again, using the right tool for the job).

> Don't expect easy interoperability between Java and other JVM  
> languages.

To me, that is completely counterintuitive. I *absolutely* expect  
interoperability, and, from my experiences so far with Rhino, Groovy,  
and Scala, it is quite well supported.

This is probably the wrong thread for any further discussion on this  
topic, though.