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Imagine a world where you could use Java if you wanted to, but it would compile to native code and be usable with many other languages. Where you could save your Java source and later load it as C++ or even Perl code. Where specialisation and use of specific hardware features would be possible such as writing codecs and using vector operations, but in a portable way. Where you would control the dynamic aspects of your software rather than the other way around.
Pay no attention to the semantic differences behind the curtain.