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Modern Java programmers live in the dissonance of two conflicting schools of thought. On one hand, dynamic languages such as Groovy, JRuby, and Jython offer advances in expressive power. On the other, many Java purists reject these languages as too impractical. Groovy with its new version addresses this conflict, establishing itself as an expedient language.
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© 2013 Vishal Layka, Christopher M. Judd, Joseph Faisal Nusairat, Jim Shingler
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Layka, V., Judd, C.M., Nusairat, J.F., Shingler, J. (2013). Introduction to Groovy. In: Beginning Groovy, Grails and Griffon. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4807-1_1
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