Re: Status of project and adding 1.5 generics

I can't agree with you. Groovy is both simple and performant. I use it =

in many projects, as a DSL designer as well as bean scripting. Simple as =

Java if you wish to keep the Java syntax. More compact and readable if =

you wish to, and, eventually, the company behing Groovy has been =

acquired by SpringSource, which is one of the best support chances =

you'll ever get those days.

fschmidt a =E9crit :
> Language preference is subjective, and in my subjective opinion, Groovy i=
s a
> bloated mess.  It would be my last choice.  When I investigated scripting
> languages, I wrote about what I found here:
>
> http://www.nabble.com/The-sad-state-of-Java-scripting-tt10239272.html
>
> What I found was that there were only 2 reasonable Java scripting languag=
es;
> BeanShell and Pnuts.  BeanShell is unsupported and Pnuts is marginally
> supported.  BeanShell has a bigger user base and is easier for me to modi=
fy,
> so I chose it.  Pnuts is a reasonable alternative.
>
>   =



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