Treffer: EBG: A Lazy Functional Programming Language Implemented on the Java Virtual Machine

The Java programming language offers a number of features including: portability; graphics; networking. Java implements the object-oriented execution model in terms of classes, objects with state, message passing and inclusion polymorphism. This work aims to provide a mixed paradigm environment which offers the advantages of both object-oriented and functional programming. The functional paradigm is supported by a new language called EBG which compiles to the Java VM. The resulting environment can support applications which use both object-oriented and functional programming as appropriate. 1 Introduction The programming language Java has become very popular by combining a number of features including portability, object-oriented programming, WWW compatibility, networking, graphics, and a growing collection of libraries. The language itself is reasonably small and offers a particular model of programming language execution based on classes, objects, message passing, and inclu.