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Groovy is a dynamic object oriented language for the JVM.
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PriceOpen source (free)
Current stable version2.4
Sitehttp://groovy-lang.org/
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Pros
Pro Integrates well with Java
This link adds some interesting points explaining how Groovy integrates better with Java than e.g. Scala. If you want to write classes that can be consumed by Java classes, or easily consume existing Java code, Groovy is probably a pretty wise choice. It can be statically compiled and supports optional typing, which makes it much more maintainable for larger projects than e.g. JRuby.
Pro Dynamic and static type checking and compiling
Pro Relatively large ecosystem
Groovy is a popular JVM language with a rather large and developed ecosystem. It has several web frameworks (the most famous being Grails) and many libraries.
Pro Closure support
Pro Nice syntax
Cons
Con Compile Static and generics have some problems
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