Re: Groovy Champions proposal feedback - Groovy MVPs ?

2018-02-19 Thread Jennifer Strater
Although there seems to be a lot of disagreement about the name, everyone seems to be in favor of the idea. What is the next step, Paul? > On 20. Feb 2018, at 07:56, Peter McNeil wrote: > > You're all missing the obvious "Groovy GR8" :-) > >> On 20/02/18 11:35, Paul King wrote: >> Supreme Than

Re: Groovy Champions proposal feedback

2018-02-13 Thread Jennifer Strater
+1 for the proposal and +1 for "Groovy Stars" On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 1:54 PM, Paul King wrote: > I don't mind "Groovy Stars" as a name! > > Of course it begs the question "Star trek" or "Star Wars" - the long > journey > of programming language design vs the language wars! :-) > > > On Tue, Feb

Potential Bytecode Optimization

2017-04-06 Thread Jennifer Strater
Hi all, As part of a special course on compilers, I've been looking at the groovy compiler to see how it works. One thing we noticed is that the bytecode generated by the Groovy compiler contains several instances of loading a value onto the stack immediately followed by a pop. I understand how i

Re: Unexpected use of "collection.field.first()"

2016-01-13 Thread Jennifer Strater
-for-properties-plus-a-peek-into-the-sausage-factory/ This wonderful blog post that dives into the details. Is this what you were looking for? On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:09 PM, David M. Karr wrote: > > > On 01/13/2016 10:50 AM, Jennifer Strater wrote: > > Hi David, > > I as

Re: Unexpected use of "collection.field.first()"

2016-01-13 Thread Jennifer Strater
Hi David, I assume the confusion is related to the implicit spread-dot? If you look at the result of data.childs.name you will find [Judith,Adriana]. It then takes the first element of that list. -Jenn On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 12:38 PM, David M. Karr wrote: > Today I noticed an unexpected way