I agree, the headline is incorrect, the whole thing is basically a compiler infrastructure for those using Java, not about language design. And it's true that

I agree, the headline is incorrect, the whole thing is basically a compiler infrastructure for those using Java, not about language design. And it's true that the hard part is still transforming a representation close to the problem domain into a VM-executable one, as they are worlds apart. Then there is also an ecosystem problem, which forces us into the meta world and generating specific code in a specific format instead of doing anything with a VM. I didn't really see the appeal last time we discussed it and I don't see it now.