This week Jonathan and Jeff chat with Max Rydahl Andersen about JBang, the cross-platform tool to run Java as a system scripting language. That's a bit harder than it sound, particularly to take advantage of Java's rich debugging capabilities and the ecosystem of libraries that are available.  Tune in to get the details, as well as how polyglot files are instrumental to making JBang work!

• https://www.jbang.dev/
• https://maxandersen.github.io/getting-started-with-java-the-jbang-way/
• https://xam.dk

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