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Java made Groovy

Author:  wtd [ Fri Jul 09, 2004 3:39 am ]
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Don't know if I've mentioned it here before, but I've been reminded of just how cool Groovy is.

Author:  Tony [ Fri Jul 09, 2004 3:02 pm ]
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bringing the power of Python and Ruby inside the Java platform.


I see why wtd likes it Laughing

Author:  LiquidDragon [ Sat Jul 17, 2004 10:20 am ]
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Still dont get what it is Confused

Author:  rizzix [ Sat Jul 17, 2004 10:46 am ]
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well its just another language to program instead of java, and it creates java bytecode just like java. so think of it as an alternate to java. all your groovy programs will run just like java programs.. i.e they use the same jvm.

it also says that this language is a aglie language.. what this basically means its a very flexible language from RAD to full fledge.

java on the other hand is not a RAD language.

Author:  LiquidDragon [ Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:55 am ]
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ok thanks for the clear up. I think i'll stick with java for now. I don't want to have probelms with two languages 8)

Author:  wtd [ Thu Jul 22, 2004 2:41 pm ]
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The following sums up why Groovy is a very good thing better than I ever could.

http://www.sauria.com/presentations/Groovy%20SeaJUG%202004-03.ppt.pdf.zip

Author:  wtd [ Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:13 pm ]
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IBM comments on Groovy.

Author:  Tony [ Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:55 pm ]
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would ruby on a java platform be a good analogy? Thinking or am I not getting what groovy is Confused

Author:  wtd [ Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:10 pm ]
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Ruby interacting with Java already exists, in the form of JRuby. IBM DeveloperWorks plans to cover it next month. Smile

But yes, Groovy takes a lot of ideas from Ruby. Of course, a lot of this also probably comes from the fact that both borrow ideas from Smalltalk.


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