Programming Tools: Java Scripting Languages (Linux Journal) [LWN.net]

Reg. Charney introduces Jython and Groovy in a Linux Journal article. "I recently returned from JavaOne 2005 in San Francisco. The show was impressive for a number of reasons. The attendance seemed to be about 30% larger than last year's. The same could be said for the number of tutorials, sessions and BOFs. For example, there were enough BOFs to run until 11:00pm at night. Many of the sessions were filled to capacity, with over 600 attendees each technical presentation. Given my strong background in C++, I am used to a more amorphous attitude toward languages. Therefore, I was surprised to see that there still is a vibrancy to Java that I do not see with C++."

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Posted Jul 13, 2005 10:11 UTC (Wed) by davidw (guest, #947) [Link]

Sounds like a perfect moment for a bit of crass publicizing of my own open source java scripting language effort, Hecl ( http://www.hecl.org ). Probably the most interesting aspect of it is that it runs on the J2ME platform (on my Nokia 3100), although there is work to be done to make it actually useful there.

As far as the language itself, it aims to complement Java rather than replace it. It's small and has a very simple syntax, so the idea is that you use it to extend your Java code. I'm trying to keep it flexible enough so that this could be flipped around (write most code in Hecl, with Java extensions) at some point, if the language does well.