The goal of XMLVM is to offer a flexible and extensible cross-compiler toolchain. Instead of cross-compiling on a source code level, XMLVM cross-compiles byte code instructions from Sun Microsystem's virtual machine and Microsoft's Common Language Runtime.
Cobra is a general purpose programming language with: * a clean, high-level syntax * static and dynamic binding * first class support for unit tests and contracts * compiled performance with scripting conveniences * ...and more
available by the end of 2006 that will include performance optimizations for commonly occurring special cases and better support for interoper
