Moving Past Java

Tate: Groovy is a little too "kitchen-sink"ish for my taste. I think Groovy has really suffered from a lack of a consistent vision. It's a shame, because the language has great marketing support. Most serious language experts that I interviewed for Beyond Java really hated Groovy.
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