The wikipedia article on JVM languages states:
Some of these languages are interpreted by a Java program, and some are compiled to Java bytecode...
Which well-known, general purpose JVM languages are interpreted by a Java program?
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Pablo Santa Cruz
2010-09-10 18:09:15
IINM, Jython does produce jvm bytecode (with an optional output of java source). It isn't really run over an interpreter written in Java (which is what I think the OP wants).
MAK
2010-09-12 19:14:54
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Mozilla Rhino (the Java javascript engine) is interpreted.
JRuby, Jython, and Scala are examples that are mostly compiled to bytecode.
Zac Bowling
2010-09-10 18:09:42
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I don't think that statement is correct. A language with a Java interpreter is not a "JVM language", it's just an interpreted language. IMO a JVM language (which is in fact a misnomer, they'd be languages with a JVM implementation) is one that gets compiled to JVM bytecode
cthom06
2010-09-12 18:46:14