JVM languages

Versions of non-JVM languages

Language	On JVM
Erlang	Erjang
JavaScript	Rhino
PHP	Resin
Python	Jython
REXX	NetRexx[2]
Ruby	JRuby
Tcl	Jacl

Languages designed expressly for JVM

MIDletPascal

Clojure

Groovy

Scala

Da Vinci Machine and List of JVM languages

Although the JVM was primarily aimed at running compiled Java programs, many other languages can now run on top of it.^[3] The JVM has currently no built-in support for dynamically typed languages: the existing JVM instruction set is statically typed,^[4] although the JVM can be used to implement interpreters for dynamic languages. The JVM has a limited support for dynamically modifying existing classes and methods; this currently only works in a debugging environment. However, new classes and methods can be added dynamically. Built-in support for dynamic languages is currently planned for Java