A framework written in Java for implementing high-level and dynamic languages, compiling them into J

A framework written in Java for implementing high-level and dynamic languages, compiling them into Java bytecodes. An implementation of Scheme, which is in the Lisp family of programming languages. Kawa is a featureful dialect in its own right, and additionally provides very useful integration with Java. It can be used as a “scripting language”, but includes a compiler and all the benefits of a “real” programming language, including optional static typing.