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BeanShell vs Groovy

A side-by-side look at BeanShell and Groovy. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

BeanShell

BeanShell

Development

BeanShell is a small, free, embeddable Java source interpreter with object scripting language features, written in Java. It runs in the Java Virtual Machine and dynamically executes Java code fragments and scripts.

javascriptinginterpreteropen-source
Groovy

Groovy

Development

Groovy is a powerful, optionally typed and dynamic language, with static-typing and static compilation capabilities, for the Java platform aimed at improving developer productivity thanks to a concise, familiar and easy to learn syntax. It integrates smoothly with any Java program, and immediately delivers to your application powerful features, including scripting capabilities, Domain-Specific Language authoring, runtime and compile-time meta-programming and …

dynamicoptional-typingjava-platformscriptingmetaprogrammingfunctional-programming

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