From: Michael Bruschkewitz <brusch4_removeunderlinesandtextbetween_@...>
Date: 2009-06-05T19:35:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby vs. Groovy: your perspective


"marc" <gmane@auxbuss.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:h0akoq$eti$2@ger.gmane.org...
> Michael Bruschkewitz said:
>
>> IMHO, Java is the language of choice for (portable) GUI-Apps if you
>> don't have the need for hardware-or OS-near programming. (There are
>> GUI-Libs for Ruby too, however, currently no IDE provides possibilities
>> for Ruby as some do for Java.)
>
> Better still, use JRuby. All the advantages of Java (when  you need it)
> and all the bnefits of Ruby when you don't. (You can package and deploy
> with rawr.)

That's what I discussed yesterday w/ Logan, rawr-Maintainer.
I did JRuby into Java integration in my last project.
But my colleagues already know Ruby.

My argument was:
If you're in an environment which is familiar to Java but not to Ruby, I 
would prefer Groovy.