Re: [rules-users] Expert Systems and Functional programming?

For instance here is an idea I've been mulling over recently (note just random ideas, not roadmap). We don't have the resources to completely compete against other languages, and I'm not sure we should do. With Java8 and 9 it starts to become a more compelling language. Java8 brings lambs and java9 solve the perm gen issue (so we can stop using MVEL, and just go pure code generation and not worry about blowing the perm gen). Could we create a system that better layers with java9?