What'd be neat is a Java compiler for the 8052 that produced burnable code; not a JVM-on-a-chip, but rather a Java compiler that produced 8052 machine code.

Another acceptable alternative would be a converter that converted compiled Java byte code (*.class) into 8052 machine code that could be burned.

I would assume that either of these solutions would reduce the "56k JVM" into something usable in an 8052 environment since the code produced would be executable code; it wouldn't just be an engine to interpret byte code.

While Java isn't probably a language that most current 8052 developers would consider using, it could be a very neat product that could open 8052 embedded development to the Java-coding world out there. I assume there are currently more Java coders in the world than 8052 assembler coders (?).

Craig Steiner