This is one of the things that makes java 8 really exiting.
I think it is going to show where JIT languages are going to shine in comparison to AOT compiled ones.
Multi architecture code in one program without the developer needing to jump through hoops.
Graal/JVM (like pypy) is a really nice way to bring many languages to advanced VM's. See for example node.jar/nashorn/"fast js on the jvm" or Topaz and Truffle
(Ruby on pypy and graal/jvm)
Not only that, replacing Hotspot by Graal will also reduce the amount of C++ code in the standard JVM towards the goal of having a production quality meta VM.
Totally agree, I never wanted to get involved in C++ hotspot. But graal development (even to the point of generating assembly) looks much more welcoming.
It is part of the wishlist for post Java 8 as presented on Java One 2013, but the wishlist was presented without any guarantee of what will be the exact focus.
Graal/JVM (like pypy) is a really nice way to bring many languages to advanced VM's. See for example node.jar/nashorn/"fast js on the jvm" or Topaz and Truffle (Ruby on pypy and graal/jvm)