Well there is the F language. And of course F#. Don't forget P#. Then there are all the Visual ??? languages. Scala of course and a bunch of others. So I think it could have been much worse though it is hard to get your boss to let work work on something that sounds like fun.
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Jon Kiparsky <[email protected]>wrote: > It may make me a bad person, or a shallow one, but I cannot conceive of > learning a language called "groovy". The idea simply turns my stomach. > Could they not have come up with a less awful name? Like, maybe "scrotum"? > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:11 PM, parentjo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> During the brief discussion of groovy's upcoming static typing I feel >> groovy++ deserves to be mentioned as well. It is an extension/ >> companion for the current groovy release. It retains all of the groovy >> goodness and adds static typing with a simple annotation. The static >> typing is both at compile time (*) and at runtime. The lack of runtime >> enhancements (MOP) gives it a clear performance boost compared to >> dynamic groovy. >> >> I used this in small project and it gives you all the enhancements to >> Collection API, closures, terse syntax etc of groovy while being typed >> like java. Personally, that's all I need. >> >> It is no clear to me what the "interactions" are between the groovy++ >> and groovy project since the latter does not seem to refer to the >> existing groovy++ work much. Politics perhaps? >> >> More info and benchmarks at >> http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/wiki/Welcome >> >> Regards, >> >> Johan >> >> (*) From G. Laforge's talk @devoxx2011 I remember that initially the >> type checking will be compile time only. Maybe that changed in the >> meanwhile. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "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. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "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. > -- Robert Casto www.robertcasto.com www.sellerstoolbox.com www.lakotaeastbands.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "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.
