From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2009-04-14T03:59:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby vs. Groovy: your perspective

On 13 Apr 2009, at 12:35, Diego Virasoro wrote:
> So thoughts? Does Groovy (the language) have everything to offer that
> Ruby does? And the fact that it was designed to be used on the JVM
> from they one gives it an advantage (I know I can keep use Ruby, but a
> strong community means more libraries out there, more books, and in
> general more help).

I followed Groovy development for a while (between 2004-2006) and  
liked what I saw, but ultimately gave up on developing for the JVM and  
lost interest. Were it to break out of that particular ghetto I think  
it could gain in popularity, although from what I recall it's similar  
enough to Ruby in many respects that it might be difficult to  
differentiate itself.


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
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