This article presents an overview of what differentiates scripting languages such as Groovy, JRuby, and Jython from the Java language, discusses some of the challenges involved in scripting on the ...

Before Java Specification Request (JSR) 223, Scripting for the Java Platform, (and its predecessor, the Bean Scripting Framework, or BSF), many languages were already communicating with Java. Some ...

Script languages have been experiencing a renaissance over the past few years. There are many open-source projects such as Jython, Groovy and Bean Shell to allow the scripting environment to interact ...

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Recent developments around the Java platform and programming language follow a familiar pattern: incremental technical progress paired with broader strategic repositioning. Together, these changes ...

February 2nd, in snowy Stockholm, I found myself in an authentic Viking-themed restaurant, sitting at the table with Mark Reinhold, Java platform chief architect, and John Rose, Java VM architect, for ...