Re: Revamp of introductory paragraph on website

Hi Paul, I am happy with the text, even though I think Groovy itself is an elegant language, not just the DSLs you can create with it ;-) Joking aside, my only real feedback would be to maybe add the word "also" as shown below, to make it absolutely clear that Groovy is a full blown programm

Re: Revamp of introductory paragraph on website

Thanks for the feedback folks. In the interests of having the small improvement to the website ready in time for the 4.0.26 release, I went with this: https://github.com/apache/groovy-website/commit/8c4c2a8e67 (commit) https://groovy-lang.org/ (site) But shout if you think it needs further work.

Re: Revamp of introductory paragraph on website

Hi Paul, I would propose a sort of hybrid between the two versions, something along the line of: /An elegant, Java syntax compatible & interoperable static & dynamic language for the JVM / / Apache Groovy is a multi-faceted JVM language, which aims to be as Java syntax compatible as possible

Re: Revamp of introductory paragraph on website

Comment below. On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM Guillaume Laforge wrote: > > You're dropping static compilation? Yeah, I find a lot of the time when explaining the language at first glance to many folks, they don't grasp the subtleties of static typing vs static compilation. I was looking for tha

Re: Revamp of introductory paragraph on website

+1 > On 25 Feb 2025, at 09:32, Søren Berg Glasius wrote: > > +1 > > Den tirs. 25. feb. 2025 kl. 04.22 skrev Paul King >: >> Hi folks, >> >> Currently the intro description on groovy-lang.org >> says: >> >> A multi-faceted language for th

Re: Revamp of introductory paragraph on website

+1 Den tirs. 25. feb. 2025 kl. 04.22 skrev Paul King : > Hi folks, > > Currently the intro description on groovy-lang.org says: > > A multi-faceted language for the Java platform > > Apache Groovy is a powerful, optionally typed and dynamic language, > with static-typing and static compilation ca

Re: Revamp of introductory paragraph on website

You're dropping static compilation? Le mar. 25 févr. 2025, 04:22, Paul King a écrit : > Hi folks, > > Currently the intro description on groovy-lang.org says: > > A multi-faceted language for the Java platform > > Apache Groovy is a powerful, optionally typed and dynamic language, > with static-

Revamp of introductory paragraph on website

Hi folks, Currently the intro description on groovy-lang.org says: A multi-faceted language for the Java platform Apache Groovy is a powerful, optionally typed and dynamic language, with static-typing and static compilation capabilities, for the Java platform aimed at improving developer product