Recursive callbacks

• Lisp calls Java

  • The Java callee calls back to Lisp
    • The Lisp callee may not call Java, the call will block indefinitely.
    • There is a timeout feature on the Lisp side to catch this error.

• Java call Lisp

  • The Lisp callee calls back to Java
    • The Java callee may not call Lisp, the call will block indefinitely.
    • There is no provision in the Java code to catch this error.

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