title: Alternatives to java on android
body: <p>I just got myself an android phone and I'm dying to start coding on it !
  However I'm not a big java fan, although I can live with that, I would like to know if there're reasonable alternatives for the android virtual machine.
  I've done a medium sized project using clojure, however from the reviews I read, it's very slow when running on android. How about scala ? I read that some people did experiments with it in android, is it "fast enough" ? How big is the learning curve ?</p>
  
  <p>Cheers,
  Ze Maria</p>