List of JVM Languages - High-profile Languages

High-profile Languages

Apart from the Java language itself, the most common or well-known JVM languages are:

  • Clojure, a functional Lisp dialect
  • Processing, a visualization and animation language and framework based on Java with a Java-like syntax.
  • Groovy, a scripting language
  • Scala, an object-oriented and functional programming language
  • Gosu
  • Fantom, formerly known as Fan
  • Kotlin, statically typed programming language compiled to JVM byte code and JavaScript by Jetbrains
  • JavaFX Script, a scripting language targeting the Rich Internet Application domain (discontinued 2010)
  • JRuby, an implementation of Ruby
  • Jython, an implementation of Python
  • Rhino, an implementation of JavaScript
  • Armed Bear Common Lisp, a full implementation of Common Lisp

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