bkuhn writes "I have rekindled the perljvm effort to port Perl to the Java Virtual Machine. As was discussed in my paper at TPC 4.0, integration with GNU Kawa is now the focus, with an eye on how perljvm will integrate with Perl 6.

I am also groveling for funding, as I have reduced my paid (well, if you call it that; I do work for a non-profit ;) employment hours for a while to give me time to hack on perljvm. I have put up the first phase as a Cosource.com project, and will put future phases there as well."