From: Alexey Verkhovsky <alex@...>
Date: 2004-07-17T22:17:29+09:00
Subject: Re: scripting language (fwd)

On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 06:27, Ron Stephens wrote:
> I'd suggest taking a look at jython. 

About a month ago I have evaluated all three JVM scripting languages
mentioned so far (Jruby, Groovy, Jython) to use for unit testing of our
production Java code.

In the end, Jython looked like the only thing that could be considered
for serious work, and even that with caveats. Finally, I concluded to
stay with the plain old Java.

Groovy was very far from what I would consider "usable" at that time
(plenty of interesting bugs, 10 times slower than Jython, core language
syntax not stabilized).
 
Jruby looked better, but lagged two versions behind the parent language,
and therefore could not run many Ruby apps. E.g., try to build rake with
it.

So, my 2 cents worth of advice to any established Java shop would be: go
for Jython, or stay where you are (plain Java).

Best regards,
Alexey Verkhovsky