JVM Language « Programming languages for the Java Virtual Machine JVM and Javascript

fun4j

fun4j is a framework that integrates major concepts from functional programming into the Java Platform. It also provides seamless integration of Java with Lisp coding, by using a lisp-to-bytecode compiler.

Javascal

A free compiler that translates a subset of Pascal ISO7185 into bytecode for the JVM.

Virgil

The Virgil Programming Language is designed for building robust, flexible, and scalable software systems on embedded hardware platforms. Virgil builds on ideas from object-oriented, statically typed languages like Java, providing a clean, consistent source language. Its compiler system provides an efficient implementation for resource-constrained environments.

Meta Programming System MPS

The major goal of MPS is to allow extending languages to generate domain specific languages. MPS originally includes a ready-to-use universal language called BaseLanguage, which can itself be used to create programs. However, the right way to use MPS is to extend BaseLanguage and create new languages. MPS comes with several helpful extensions to BaseLanguage for working with strings, collections, dates, regular expressions, etc. In creating a language, you define the rules for code editing and rendering. You can also specify the language type-system and constraints. This allows MPS to verify program code on the fly, and thus makes programming with the new language easy and less error-prone. You can also define generators for their language to transform code in the custom language to compilable code in some conventional language. Currently, MPS is particularly good for, but is not limited to, generating Java code. You can also generate XML, HTML, JavaScript, and more.

MoonScript

MoonScript is a dynamic scripting language that compiles into Lua. MoonScript provides a clean syntax using significant whitespace that avoids all the keyword noise typically seen in a Lua script. It also adds table comprehensions, implicit return on functions, classes, inheritance, scope management statements import & export, and a convenient object creation statement called with.

Simple Declarative Language

The Simple Declarative Language provides an easy way to describe lists, maps, and trees of typed data in a compact, easy to read representation. The simple and intuitive API allows you to read, write, and access all the datastructures using a single class. For property files, configuration files, logs, and simple serialization requirements, SDL provides a compelling alternative to XML and Properties files. Implementations are available for Java and .NET.

Frink

Frink is a practical calculating tool and programming language designed to make physical calculations simple. It tracks units of measure (feet, meters, kilograms, watts, etc.) through all calculations, allowing you to mix units of measure transparently.

redline Smalltalk

Redline Smalltalk is an implementation of the Smalltalk programming language for the Java Virtual Machine. You will be able to call Smalltalk from Java and Java from Smalltalk. The bytecode generation layer will be decoupled so another generator for another target could be “plugged” in if the JVM isn’t for you.

Gosu

Gosu is an is object oriented, statically typed language which claims to be 100% compatible with Java. It features type inference, supports closures and aims to provide simplified generics.

AmbientTalk

AmbientTalk is an experimental object-oriented distributed programming language primarily targeted at writing programs deployed in mobile ad hoc networks. The language’s concurrency features are founded on the actor model and have been largely influenced by the E programming language. The language’s object-oriented features find their influence in languages like Smalltalk (i.e. block closures, keyworded messages) and Self (prototype-based programming, delegation). Finally, the language has a functional core, inspired by Scheme and Pico. The current implementation of AmbientTalk embraces the JVM as a platform. It’s easy for AmbientTalk programs to use Java libraries, and it’s easy for Java objects to use AmbientTalk as an embedded scripting language.

Programming languages for the Java Virtual Machine JVM and Javascript