From: Richard Kilmer <rich@...>
Date: 2004-07-17T23:03:08+09:00
Subject: Re: scripting language




On 7/17/04 9:17 AM, "Alexey Verkhovsky" <alex@verk.info> wrote:

> 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.

If you want to script your JVM I would HIGHLY recommend JudoScript:

http://www.judoscript.com/index.html

Its very stable and I think would meet your needs.

-rich

> 
> 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
> 
> 
>