That was my point - there are two ecosystems with something shared, but you always need to be aware of the differences. I think in the future the JVM can offer

That was my point - there are two ecosystems with something shared, but you always need to be aware of the differences. I think in the future the JVM can offer better integration with native libraries. I'm not familiar with the details, I know JNI was a pain, I know there's JNA and JNR now and I just found this: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/191 http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/191