Are there non-CLI implementations (esp, JVM) of the Boo programming language?

Question

Boo looks like an interesting language, but it appears to be implemented only for the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), AKA .NET -- at least, I haven't found any other implementation, and I'd especially like one for the JVM, if it exists. So, I thought I'd double check on Stack Overflow -- ARE there any non-CLI implementations of Boo?

Percaline

heh, i like the guy that posted "try using python" -- he deleted his to lose the downvotes :) – Hahnke

Aw, I thought it was a funny and perfectly valid quip!-) Of course I know that Python (and Ruby and others) have good implementations on both CLI and JVM, and just wanted to see if I could use Boo without losing this kind of portability... but it still made me smile!-) – Percaline

Heh. Yeah Alex, you might like Python. Don't be afraid to try it. :-) – Laban

Heh lol. Thats the funniest thing I have read all day. – Antecedents

Answer 1

Yes there is. Check out the boojay project, it emits java bytecode.

Compulsive

Super!!! Thanks. I see it's in a pretty early stage, but seems to be actively developed and an excellent portent for boo's future! – Percaline

Yep. Boojay was started by the creator of Boo. It was started after a challenge was made to allow Boo to multi-target. – Scheffler

Indeed - He lectured earlier this year at the PythonBrasil conference, and stated he is activelly working on boojay. – Philina

Answer 2

I don't believe so. Given that the tagline is "A wrist friendly language for the CLI" it seems unlikely to be high on the list of priorities.

Luzon

Answer 3

From the BOO manifesto (pdf link):

A wrist friendly syntax, expressiveness and extensibility. That's not all.
I want my code to play nice with modules written in other languages.
I want a rich programming environment with a well thought out class library.
I want to be able to run my programs in multiple platforms.
I want the CLI.

You can try Grasshopper which can give you access to Java from IL (I think), since BOO compiles to IL it might work.

Nadean

Ah well, that's the impression I got, but I was hoping to be wrong (all the "I want" except the last one are applicable to JVMs as well, and JVM has other pluses too -- App Engine support, different sets of libraries and frameworks, etc etc). Ah well! – Percaline