Yes, Groovy is influenced by Ruby. It's probably better to compare Groovy to JRuby rather than Ruby since the former two operate on the JVM and are an apples-to-apples comparison. But there are things in JRuby that is influenced by Groovy. No ideas are new, both languages fit a niche.
Twitter was trumpeted as a "success" of ROR. Its popularity and general scaling issues (Twitter) dealt a major blow to the perception of ROR. Does that mean that ROR is dead? No. Does it mean that ROR is in the trough of disillusionment? Probably. After a MonkeyBars(Swing framework for JRuby) session at JavaOne, I was talking to Charlie Nutter and Thomas Enebo. We commented on how there are advantages/disadvantages of the "JRuby way" and the "Groovy way" on both sides and how JRuby/Groovy are more so cousins than competitors. Neither makes the other invalid. The same is true with Python and Ruby. I think that Python might sometimes have a better perception because it is used extensively in academia, Ruby, not so much. On Jul 24, 4:06 am, phil swenson <[email protected]> wrote:UI > I'm guessing the obvious ruby dislike comes from the anti-java hate > from the ruby community. > > But I find it amusing that a lot of the people who dismiss Ruby love > Groovy. Let's face it, 90% of Groovy is a copy of Ruby. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
