polyglot kernel

[scottdraves]

a kernel that switches between all other kernels, like:
https://github.com/vatlab/SOS
https://github.com/minrk/allthekernels

useful with autotranslation: #5039

The groovy magic is our prototype implementation of this: http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/twosigma/beakerx/blob/master/doc/python/GroovyMagic.ipynb

[scottdraves]

A first step to this will be %%python magic for the JVM kernels, using https://github.com/bartdag/py4j

[scottdraves]

Here's an example: https://www.py4j.org/advanced_topics.html#implementing-java-interfaces-from-python-callback

[scottdraves]

#7340

[jpallas]

I'm not raising an objection to closing, but I have a question. One case discussed in #6578 (get data using SQL, process using another JVM language) is not handled by the work done so far. Is that still a goal?

[scottdraves]

If I understand you correctly, then yes, that will be covered by #7350 and #5039.