JEmacs is a re-implementation of Emacs, written in a mix of Java, Scheme, and Emacs Lisp (ELisp). JEmacs uses Kawa to compile Scheme and ELisp into Java bytecodes. Kawa is a widely-praised Scheme implementation that includes many Scheme extensions, powerful Java/Scheme interoperability, and high performance though a sophisticated compiler. Kawa is being extended to support ELisp. This is so JEmacs