what is Java bytecodes? was a contentious ILE vs CLI debate.

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Hans Boldt
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Subject: Re: ILE vs CLI. was V5R3

>Other languages can and do participate in the Java runtime
>environment. One such is Jython, a version of Python that generates
>Java bytecodes. This and others are listed at
><http://grunge.cs.tu-berlin.de/~tolk/vmlanguages.html>.


I would guess that Java bytecodes is a way for languages to participate in
the JAVA runtime garbage collection.  Can Jython instantiate a Java class?
Could RPG generate Java bytecodes?

Basically, the question is, what does Java bytecodes provide in terms of the
inter language use of classes?  That is, can the Java bytecodes generated by
the compiling of code in one language be referenced at the source code level
by a programmer in another language.

thanks,

Steve