Re: Anyone playing with Groovy or Grails?

On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 17:26 +0000, Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > While you have Jython and JRuby, you're still having to maintain some > similar logic across multiple languages. > > For example, if there exists a standardized logging method in Java, you'd > have to duplicate it to Python or Ruby. How come? If you have a standardized logging method, you would have a Java class for that, wouldn't you? Jython can derive from and instantiate Java classes, so the duplication boils down to a very thin layer of glue. > And of course you have to maintain staff that knows the language(s). True, but that's also the case for Groovy. -- Carsten Haese http://informixdb.sourceforge.net