Re: Scala language support ?

Hello Phil,
Thanks for your clear explanation. As far as i understand, the Scala
implementation relies on the java binding quality ... which should be good.
I will have a try when i find some times.
Many thanks,
Olivier
 Le 15 oct. 2013 21:04, "Philip Aston" <[email protected]> a écrit :

> Hi Olivier,
>
> I've no plans to develop a SCala plugin myself, but would welcome
> someone else doing so.
>
> The Grinder has a well-defined API for script engines. As well as the
> built-in Jython, Java, and Clojure support, I know of at least one
> independent engine (https://github.com/DealerDotCom/grinder-groovy).
> This type of extension project is easier to manage as a small github
> style entities, with their own independent release cycle. The API is
> stable, so there should be few compatibilty problems with recent
> versions of The Grinder.
>
> As far as I can see, the grinder-scala-archetype doesn't add its own
> Scala instrumentation, so it will pass all objects to the Java engine.
> This may or may not do the right thing (depending on how Scala Java
> binding is implemented). In contrast, the Jython runtime is particularly
> complex and so the instrumentation is also complex (and it seems it has
> at least one bug - as you know), whereas, the Clojure binding is very
> simple, because Clojure has a very simple Java binding (everything's a
> function call). But why not try it out, and get in touch with the author?
>
> - Phil
>
> On 14/10/13 10:44, olivier merlin wrote:
> > Hello Phil,
> >
> > I have seen that you have integrated Clojure in TheGrinder .
> > That's seems nice but also hard for me because the lisp like syntax is
> > quite complex for noobies ...
> > and requires i think a lot of effort coming from Python.
> >
> > I was wondering if scala was not more a good compromise for people
> > like me less expert on languages ... so a smooth move to pure
> > functional language but with still the possibilities of imperative
> > development way.
> >
> > I have seen that someone has done an attempt to do that :
> > https://github.com/pshemass/grinder-scala-archetype
> >
> > What do you think of this ? Do you have a plan for Scala ?
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Olivier
> >
>
>
>
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