in reply to Calling Java Function in Perl

Sort of. O'Reilly's Perl Resource Kit had a module named JPL which allowed that. Here'e the whole chapter online

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prkunix/excerpt/UGch03.html

Some almost readable code (I am not Japanese :) at

http://www.uinet.or.jp/~ishiyasu/jpl.html

According to perlfaq at

http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/perl/pod/perlfaq3/How_can_I_compile_Perl_into_Java_.html

Perl 5.6 will have support for compiling perl into java bytecode.