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Groovy vs jRuby

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

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
jRuby

jRuby

Development

jRuby is an implementation of the Ruby programming language that runs on the Java virtual machine (JVM). It allows developers to use Ruby syntax and libraries while leveraging the performance, scalability, and enterprise features of Java.

rubyjvmdynamicobjectoriented

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