Groovy++ survey

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1. What is your JVM experience

What is your JVM experience 1 year

2 years

3 years

4+ years

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2. What JVM based languages do you use

What JVM based languages do you use Java

Groovy/Groovy++

Scala

Clojure

JRuby/Mirah

Jython

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3. Does Groovy need story of static compilation

Does Groovy need story of static compilation Yes, absolutely

Might be good

No, let it stay dynamic

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4. How much do you know about Groovy++

How much do you know about Groovy++ Never heard about it

I heard a bit but don't have real experience

I think it is very interesting and plan to try

I tried but did not use in real projects

I use it in real project

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5. What Groovy++ features are most important for you?

What Groovy++ features are most important for you? Flat learning curve for Java developer

Fast as Java performance of generated byte-code

Ability to combine statically/dynamically typed code

Compile time check of code

Type inference

Traits

Expressive syntax

Powerful standard library

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6. Some semantic difference between Groovy & Groovy++

Some semantic difference between Groovy & Groovy++ Critical problem

Not critical but better to avoid

This is reasonable price of static compilation

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7. I would like Groovy++ being

I would like Groovy++ being Independent project

Part of Groovy Core

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8. I would like Groovy++ being sponsored/acquired

I would like Groovy++ being sponsored/acquired Staying independent

SpringSource/Vmware

JBoss/RedHat

Oracle

IBM

Google

Other (please specify)

9. Anything else you would like to share with us

Anything else you would like to share with us

Groovy++ surveyExit this survey

*1. What is your JVM experience

*2. What JVM based languages do you use

*3. Does Groovy need story of static compilation

*4. How much do you know about Groovy++

*5. What Groovy++ features are most important for you?

*6. Some semantic difference between Groovy & Groovy++

*7. I would like Groovy++ being

*8. I would like Groovy++ being sponsored/acquired