Your Thoughts on the Groovy Scripting Language?

lelitsch asks: "Does anyone have first hand experience with Groovy? I am just coming off implementing a Plone-based intranet CMS and got hooked on scripting languages and Python all over again. Since most of my projects in the near future are going to be in Java or have large Java components, I was wondering if it's time to trade Jython--which seems to be falling further behind the Python release cycle--for something else. Groovy sounds like a fun thing to look at, but it seems a bit new and thin. Also, what are other languages (JRuby and Rhino, for example) you have used to script in Java?"

My opinion

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a pretty Groovy language. I still prefer Object Cobol though.

Have you tried ColdFusion?

[Anonymous Coward]

Seriously... it runs on top of Java.

Re:Stop the groovy naming

[Anonymous Coward]

I pronoune it D-rulez for that very reason. Then I throw up some gang signs.

Re:People who like general-purpose languages

[Slack3r78]

I can't think of any reason people would choose C [debian.org] or Java [debian.org] over Ruby.

Even other scripting languages like Perl, [debian.org] Lua, [debian.org] or Python [debian.org] would clearly be foolish choices as well.

Seriously, Ruby's a great, well thought-out language, but if you listened to the hype you'd think that there couldn't possibly be anything better for any task at all. The fanboyism that's grown up around the language is starting to become really irritating.

At first, it seemed perfect

[cerberusss]

At first, it seemed perfect for an enterprise-level project that we were doing. We coded a small main() in Java and then continued to code up the app in Groovy.

After a few months we were at abt. 85% done and then the shit hit the fan. I walked into the development room and then I heard this strange computer voice saying:

"Who the fuck are you?"
And I said, "I'm Cerberusss, and who the fuck are YOU?"
Computer: "I'll tell you who the fuck I am. I'm GroOOOOovy! Punch the green button!!"

At that point, I was shitting in my pants so I walked to my terminal and said: "OK, I'm punching the green button!" but instead, I punched the RED button.

The strange computer voice: "NooOOOOoooo You shouldn't!... have TOUched... the red.... buttonnnnn...."

Needless to say, I never went back to Groovy.

Indent

[Vexorian]

At least it uses brackets instead of depending on indentation .