[mukel]

The goal is not to compete, but rather complement HotSpot/GraalVM with:

- (Polyglot) scripting with Java

- Augmenting native images e.g. native javac with instant startup + annotation processors (very dynamic) running on Espresso

- A simple non-invasive JVM for constrained environments

- DCEVM-like features for developers

- Approachable academic playground

- Fast prototyping of JVM features e.g. it took our intern just two weeks to implement invokedynamic/MethodHandles