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Patrick Niemeyer, JSR 274 Spec Lead: While there exist many scripting environments for Java, the Java platform currently lacks a standardized, "native" Java scripting language which supports dynamic evaluation of Java code as well as common scripting language conventions.

The inclusion of BeanShell in the J2SE will provide a standardized, dynamic language for page construction and web services that is implicitly understood by all Java developers.