Re: Groovy as a JVM-less Bash-Script/Perl/Python alternative ?

2020-08-05 Thread Paul King
Re: quick startup time: also consider GroovyServ[1]. It pre-dates the gradle daemon, but is a similar concept some folks might be familiar with. Re: Bundling a JVM: it is certainly doable but we'd likely do that in the broader community outside ASF unless someone else solves the GPL licensing

Re: Groovy as a JVM-less Bash-Script/Perl/Python alternative ?

2020-08-05 Thread Remi Forax
Native image support neither the reflection nor java.lang.invoke/invokedynamic. Are you suggesting to implement a new backend based on an interpreter, while it's possible, it's a very big project ? Rémi > De: "MG" > À: "dev" > Envoyé: Mercredi 5 Août 2020 17:04:19 > Objet: Groovy as a

Re: Groovy as a JVM-less Bash-Script/Perl/Python alternative ?

2020-08-05 Thread Konstantin Boudnik
I think it is a great idea, thanks MG! I've been doing Perl/Bash for decades, however more and more I am employing Groovy to do my sysadmin chores. I learned to live with an extra second or two to bring up a JVM. However, having this dependency gone would make things easier and faster for

Groovy as a JVM-less Bash-Script/Perl/Python alternative ?

2020-08-05 Thread MG
In my opinion the reason why Bash-Script/Perl/Python are the predominant Linux script languages is, because all or most of them come preinstalled on every Linux distribution, and because they run standalone with minimal startup time and memory fotprint. One of the great things about Grooy is,