Re: Groovy Champions proposal feedback

2018-02-14 Thread Mario Garcia
Of course +1000 to the idea :) 2018-02-14 4:39 GMT+01:00 Andres Almiray : > Groovy Star has a nice ring to it, specially if the logo of the program > links to the Groovy logo :-) > > --- > Java Champion; Groovy Enthusiast > JCP EC Associate Seat > http://an

Re: Groovy Champions proposal feedback

2018-02-14 Thread Cédric Champeau
> Or for something with a bit more pep "Groovy Vanguard Developer / > Contributor 2018" or "Groovy Crack 2018". > > Contrary to Java Champions, I would suggest tying it to a specific year: > I like the idea of having it associated with a year, but it doesn't have to. Explanation below. > That wa

Re: Groovy Champions proposal feedback

2018-02-14 Thread MG
That depends on whether this honor is designed to promote Groovy and say thank you to people who are doing something for Groovy and the Groovy ecosystem right now, or if it is to honor people who have done so in the past, whatever they are doing right now. Would you suggest we also honor Groov

Re: Groovy Champions proposal feedback

2018-02-14 Thread MG
PS: The process by which Groovy honors shall be bestowed is another point that needs imho to be carefully considered, otherwise e.g. someone with 50+ Facebook friends can easily swing any vote (I have seen this happen before). On 14.02.2018 12:23, Cédric Champeau wrote: Or for something

Re: Groovy Champions proposal feedback

2018-02-14 Thread MG
PPS: I do not agree with you assessment of Kotlin: Apart from it being always statically typed (less flexible than Groovy, but sometimes just all one needs, and definitely easier for Java-only-developers to wrap their head around; also helps avoid the annoying "only a scripting language" tag),

@Groovy Champions: Groovy Development Funding ?

2018-02-14 Thread MG
I have asked this before but have not received any reply, so with regards to Groovy Champions: What are thoughts on crowd funding (at least) some part of Groovy development ? Giving someone honors is good, but giving someone money is also nice. It would not necessarily mean that it is actual p

Re: Groovy Champions proposal feedback

2018-02-14 Thread MG
One other thing from the no-brainers section that Kotlin does better than Groovy: Ctors can be called without the new keyword. (Groovy's offer in this regard is alas severly lacking, hence nobody uses it...) On 14.02.2018 22:50, MG wrote: PPS: I do not agree with you assessment of Kotlin: Apart