+If we were to forego the nice properties of JSS by requiring a function
+form, the following would be another option:
+
+```
+(defun read-image (pathname)
+ $(read 'ImageIO (new 'FileInputStream pathname)))
+```
+
+Where `$(...)` would be special syntax indicating a Java method call.
+Of course the exact syntax is not very relevant, more importantly static
+properties could be used to generate a faster, early bound call by
+examining the supplied arguments as a limited form of type inference.
+