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    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.lang.misc on Wed Mar 18 00:08:58 2026
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    So back in 2018, there was this project to allow using JavaScript as
    an “extension language” for Java. That fizzled out for lack of
    interest. But now it is being revived, to include Python as well <https://www.infoworld.com/article/4145953/project-detroit-bridging-java-python-javascript-moves-forward.html>.

    I wonder why Java needs an “extension language”? Isn’t it already high-level enough?

    I think the problem is, too many programming toolkits are being
    written for JavaScript and Python, and simply leaving Java behind. So
    the only way Java programmers can get access to these facilities (AI
    being the most obvious new application area) is via such an extension capability.
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  • From Tristan Wibberley@tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk to comp.lang.misc on Sun Mar 22 22:41:35 2026
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    On 18/03/2026 00:08, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    So back in 2018, there was this project to allow using JavaScript as
    an “extension language” for Java. That fizzled out for lack of
    interest. But now it is being revived, to include Python as well <https://www.infoworld.com/article/4145953/project-detroit-bridging-java-python-javascript-moves-forward.html>.

    I wonder why Java needs an “extension language”? Isn’t it already high-level enough?

    I think the problem is, too many programming toolkits are being
    written for JavaScript and Python, and simply leaving Java behind. So
    the only way Java programmers can get access to these facilities (AI
    being the most obvious new application area) is via such an extension capability.

    8 billion people on the planet and Oracle thinks it's worth putting a
    budget into language bindings. Forgetting that people used to do it on
    the weekend just for poops and giggles.
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    Tristan Wibberley

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  • From ram@ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) to comp.lang.misc on Sun Mar 22 23:25:31 2026
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    Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> wrote or quoted:
    8 billion people on the planet and Oracle thinks it's worth putting a
    budget into language bindings. Forgetting that people used to do it on
    the weekend just for poops and giggles.

    I once asked a Chatbot which LISP version he would prefer.

    He answered, "Clojure".

    Because of the large number of Java classes he then can choose from.


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