CompilingJavatoPLTScheme

Our experimental compiler translates Java to PLT Scheme; it en- ables the use of Java libraries within Scheme programs, and it makes our Scheme programming tools available when program- ming with Java. With our system, a programmer can extend and use classes from either language, and Java programmers can em- ploy other Scheme data by placing it in a class using the Java native interface. PLT Scheme's class-system, implemented with macros, provides a natural target for Java classes, which facilitates interoperability be- tween the two languages, and PLT Scheme'smodulemaintains Java security restrictions in Scheme programs. Additionally, module's restrictions provide a deeper understanding of a Java compilation unit and make Java's implicit compilation units explicit.