Groovy irá reemplazar Java? Groovy irá substituir Java?

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Ivan Garcia

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Feb 14, 2008, 6:36:36 AM2/14/08

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"We are not in the 'Java is dead, a Ruby/Scala/x language is here to kill it' camp. Groovy is currently the only language that allows true polyglot programming without the pain of context switching, its the act of using it together with Java that makes it so powerful."
-- Graeme Rocher

"I anticipate Groovy will enter the top 10 languages world wide next year and will be closing in on the top 5 at the end of 2010, but replace? no. Groovy (and Grails) is designed from the ground up to be used in conjunction with Java, it is not a binary choice. You use Groovy where it makes sense and Java when it makes sense."
-- Graeme Rocher

"Isn't one of the most fundamentally attractive qualities of Groovy/Grails that they build on the foundation of everything that Java offers, while adding many of the dynamic language benefits people extol from Ruby/Rails, etc?
If I have understood correctly, the person who has invested years in building Java expertise loses little or nothing in a move to Groovy/Grails, but a jump to Ruby/Rails would imply a near-total reset. Similarly with tools and libraries - all your Java stuff just keeps on working.
Maybe 'replace' isn't the right verb? Perhaps it is 'enhance' or something more positive that incorporates the best of Java's solid foundation and adds valuable new semantics and paradigms?"
-- Rick Ross