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by vorg 2527 days ago
Apache Groovy's apparent rise from #81 to #15 on Tiobe's index [1] over the past 12 month is disturbing, though. If it doesn't have the downsides of Python, then why would someone fabricate its popularity in a search engine?

And if Groovy is so "ruthlessly" Java-syntax compatible, why doesn't it have lambda syntax over 5 yrs after they were added to Java?

[1] https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
2 comments
zmmmmm 2527 days ago
You seem to be leaping to a lot of conclusions and making a lot of assumptions based on conjecture as the premise for your questions. It would be off topic and probably pointless to pursue them.
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fastbmk 2520 days ago
You are wrong. Groovy had lambdas even before Java 8. Netflix used Groovy only because of that exact feature.
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vorg 2520 days ago
No, I am right, because I didn't say Apache Groovy didn't have lambdas, I said it still didn't have the Java 8 lambda syntax in response to the comment that Groovy was so "ruthlessly" Java-syntax compatible. So you are wrong about me being wrong.

> Netflix used Groovy

Does Netflix still use Groovy? You make it sound like they no longer use it for new coding projects. If they do, you should have written "Netflix uses Groovy" and said what they still use it for.

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