[Info-vax] Groovy on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/4/2024 8:16 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2024-03-03, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 3/3/2024 12:54 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> A job search at dice.com find 239 Groovy jobs and 0
>>> BeanShell jobs. I am sure there are plenty of jobs
>>> where BeanShell is used but its usage is not
>>> important enough to warrant being mentioned in the ad.
>>
>> Or to to rephrase: "Groovy developer" is a thing while
>> "BeanShell developer" is not a thing. BeanShell is a skill
>> like JDBC, JPA, JMS, JNI etc. for a "Java developer".
> 
> $ set response/mode=good_natured
> 
> Hmmm, I wonder how many Java developers claiming JNI as a "skill"
> could actually _use_ JNI (and make it work!) ? :-)
> 
> JNI requires a very different mindset and knowledge base than most
> of the other Java development skills...

True.

JNI is tricky (read: it sucks).

But in 5-10 years JNI will hopefully be replaced by
Foreign Function.

Arne