Although many scripting languages are object-oriented, the dynamic nature of scripting engines normally prohibits them from exposing these objects directly to compiled code. As with most scripting ...

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Richard Monson-Haefel posted a blog entry recently called "Groovy: The Sleeping Giant". In it, he says that "dynamic programming" is the wave of the future, and that Groovy has the most potential ...

Some Java applications’ requirements make integration with a scripting language necessary. For example, your users may need to write scripts that drive the application, extend it, or contain loops and ...