I don't see a problem. Sockets provide a way to communicate, sockets nowadays are used almost everywhere. They have their limitations but its a viable , very fast and simple solution.�

Also you can use Redline Smalltalk ->�http://www.redline.st/�if you want to run smalltalk on JVM. �

I vaguely remember that Squeak had the Ometa project that was working as a converter between languages , I think Java was supported.�

Plenty of options already.�


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Jan Vrany <jan.vrany@fit.cvut.cz> wrote:
On 25/11/13 19:17, kilon alios wrote:
Its also way simpler and faster to just make java apps communicate with
pharo via sockets.

No, it's not simpler nor faster.
Imagine you want to parse and validate XML using Xerces parser
while having your SAX handler written in Smalltalk.

Jan