From: Charles Miller <cmiller@...>
Date: 2004-03-22T09:46:30+09:00
Subject: Re: groovy

On 17/03/2004, at 7:09 PM, gabriele renzi wrote:
>
> I think is interesting that groovy received a much better acceptance
> from java people than, say, jruby or jython. I believe that somehow
> relates to the number of { and } :)

It's more a matter of focus. JRuby and Jython are focused on porting an 
entire language Java platform, each with their own standard libraries. 
They talk to the Java libraries, but they feel more comfortable with 
'their own kind'. Groovy doesn't have the baggage of its own standard 
library, and thus feels more natural for a Java programmer who wants to 
use a more dynamic language to interact with existing Java libs.

Charles

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