[Info-vax] Groovy on VMS

[Craig A. Berry]

On 3/3/24 11:54 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 3/3/2024 9:38 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>> On 3/2/24 7:14 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> Two more tech demo's.
>>>
>>> VMS Tech Demo 14 - Groovy for scripting:
>>>    https://www.vajhoej.dk/arne/articles/vmstd14.html
>>
>> How does Groovy compare to BeanShell?
>>
>> https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell
> 
> Good question.
> 
> And I am not an expert on the topic.
> 
> But to my understanding then:
> * they are relative similar in language syntax and features today
> * they came from a very different (opposite) background:
>    - BeanShell started as  Java interpreter and evolved
>      into a full script language with optional typing
>    - Groovy started as a Java-like scripting language
>      without typing that added typing later
> * they are used for different purposes:
>    - BeanShell is very much used for JSR223 embedded
>      scripting language in Java applications
>    - Groovy got a much broader usage:
>      . web applications (Grails framework, Groovelets)
>      . more general scripting (the world dominated by
>        Perl and Python)
>      . JSR223 embedded scripting language in Java applications
> * Groovy is more used than BeanShell - especially
>    Grails have a reasonable big user base
> 
> I have only used BeanShell as embedded script engine
> for 100% Java compatible. I have dabbled in Groovy for both
> web and scripting.

That makes sense.  I don't do much with Java very often and I've never
encountered Groovy in the wild; I've only encountered BeanShell once and
it was embedded in an app specifically for making that app's
capabilities scriptable, so even my very limited experience is
consistent with yours.