The last time I seriously used Java, JNI was the only way to access code outside of the JVM. I haven't kept up much, but this does seem cool. Anything that lets

The last time I seriously used Java, JNI was the only way to access code outside of the JVM. I haven't kept up much, but this does seem cool. Anything that lets me use code I didn't have to write in Java is a feature of Java I'm excited about.