you can in theory, but the binding with the jni world will be atrocious. You're also pretty much on your own with the library ecosystem. I agree that it's not

you can in theory, but the binding with the jni world will be atrocious. You're also pretty much on your own with the library ecosystem. I agree that it's not apple's interest. But that's part if the problem : this language didn't start with the goal of being just an apple language.