That sounds like the compiler vs interpreter flamewar, rather than the strong vs weak or static vs dynamic typing flamewars ;) Is there a Scala interpreter to c

That sounds like the compiler vs interpreter flamewar, rather than the strong vs weak or static vs dynamic typing flamewars ;) Is there a Scala interpreter to compare performance against? I've not used Scala much, but I know that while Haskell's de facto implementation is the Glasgow Haskell Compiler, there are also (unmaintained) interpreters like HUGS, so compilation isn't a necessity. Plus there's the whole spectrum of Futamura projections, JITs, etc. ;)