Metaprogramming isn't free. Trivial conversion from lang A to lang B, even less so. I dare you to write a program that compiles arbitrary Java code to awk. The

Metaprogramming isn't free. Trivial conversion from lang A to lang B, even less so. I dare you to write a program that compiles arbitrary Java code to awk. They're both Turing-complete, so it's guaranteed to be possible! Cheers!