It's not FUD, exactly. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=groovy&lang2=java
But "hideous" is a judgement call that depends on your needs. For the kinds of problems for which dynamic scripting languages are well suited performance is usually a secondary concern. And where performance is a bottleneck you can always write in Java or Scala. And where that's not fast enough you can FFI into C. On Jan 7, 1:30 pm, Jess Holle <[email protected]> wrote: > I keep hearing that Groovy performance is hideous. Is this just FUD? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
