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On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:08:54 +0200, Paulo Pinto <pjmlp at progtools.org>  
wrote:

> The SunSpot VM is written in Java with a very small subset of C code.
> http://www.sunspotworld.com
> http://labs.oracle.com/projects/squawk/squawk-rjvm.html
>
> The Jikes RVM is written mostly in Java.
> http://jikesrvm.org/Presentations
>
> The Maxime VM is written mostly in Java
> http://148.87.46.199/projects/maxine/
>
> The Oracle/Sun HotSpot is written in C++
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HotSpot
>
> And this is just a small list, as there are quite a few JVMs around.

Each of these 4 cases you support Walter's point.
He didn't say you can't write programs in Java or you can't interoperate  
with other languages.