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At 03:59 PM 6/3/1999 -0400, Kent M Pitman wrote:
>FWIW, I think the right thing at this point would be Open Genera on
>Java.  It might be slower than a native emulator, but it would have a
>great deal more survivability... in addition to having continual
>access to Java goodies as well as a way to lure Java users away from
>Java (by having access to "everything Java is and more").
>
>Just imagine the applet form.  Dynamic Windows inside an applet...

Here is a small step in that direction:

http://openmap.bbn.com/~kanderso/silk/jlib/

This is a compact Scheme in Java written by Peter Norvig, Tim Hickey and others, to which i've added simple generic functions that can have methods written in Java or Scheme. Currently java.lang.Class is the only metaclass but others could be added.

I don't know about all of Genera, but you could provide a fairly tiny but powerful Lisp core in Java.  I use SILK for meta scripting like generating new classes from old which get compiled on the fly.  Way more than what the average Java programmer is used to.

k