Comments on: Language Limbo http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/10/23/language-limbo/ I sleep with pillows on my head. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:37:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Senor Pablo http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/10/23/language-limbo/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Senor Pablo Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:09:02 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/?p=25#comment-41 "If I had to choose between Groovy and Ruby, I chose Ruby." Having looked at the Groovy spec a little bit more, I concur. What's odd is that the final language syntax is _worse_ than the beta's. *shrug* Nevertheless, Sun should have released Groovy (or something like it) concurrently with the core Java language back in 1995. Not every project requires layers upon layers of (often redundant) architecture... “If I had to choose between Groovy and Ruby, I chose Ruby.”

Having looked at the Groovy spec a little bit more, I concur. What’s odd is that the final language syntax is _worse_ than the beta’s. *shrug*

Nevertheless, Sun should have released Groovy (or something like it) concurrently with the core Java language back in 1995. Not every project requires layers upon layers of (often redundant) architecture…

]]> By: Shey http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/10/23/language-limbo/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Shey Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:48:59 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/?p=25#comment-40 Groovy seems pretty cool, it has some snazzy modules that make building Web Services or data access layers super easy, it's fun to play with but I haven't used it for anything serious. If I had to choose between Groovy and Ruby, I chose Ruby. Groovy seems pretty cool, it has some snazzy modules that make building Web Services or data access layers super easy, it’s fun to play with but I haven’t used it for anything serious.

If I had to choose between Groovy and Ruby, I chose Ruby.

]]> By: Senor Pablo http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/10/23/language-limbo/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Senor Pablo Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:49:50 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/?p=25#comment-39 What do you think of Groovy (JSR 241) by the way? I haven't had the time to look into it with any degree of seriousness yet, but it does look very interesting. -SP What do you think of Groovy (JSR 241) by the way?

I haven’t had the time to look into it with any degree of seriousness yet, but it does look very interesting.

-SP

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