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Eta vs Groovy: What are the differences?

Eta: A powerful language for building scalable systems on the JVM. The Eta programming language is a dialect of Haskell which runs on the JVM; Groovy: A dynamic language for the Java platform. Groovy builds upon the strengths of Java but has additional power features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk. It makes modern programming features available to Java developers with almost-zero learning curve.

Eta and Groovy can be categorized as "Languages" tools.

Eta and Groovy are both open source tools. Eta with 2.26K GitHub stars and 143 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Groovy with 1.49K GitHub stars and 414 GitHub forks.

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Pros of Eta
Pros of Groovy
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    • 44
      Java platform
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      Much more productive than java
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      Concise and readable
    • 28
      Very little code needed for complex tasks
    • 22
      Dynamic language
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      Nice dynamic syntax for the jvm
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      Very fast
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      Can work with JSON as an object
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      Easy to setup
    • 6
      Supports closures (lambdas)
    • 6
      Literal Collections
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      Syntactic sugar
    • 3
      Optional static typing
    • 2
      Developer Friendly

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    Cons of Eta
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        Groovy Code can be slower than Java Code
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        Absurd syntax
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        Objects cause stateful/heap mess

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      What is Eta?

      The Eta programming language is a dialect of Haskell which runs on the JVM.

      What is Groovy?

      It is a powerful multi-faceted programming language for the JVM platform. It supports a spectrum of programming styles incorporating features from dynamic languages such as optional and duck typing, but also static compilation and static type checking at levels similar to or greater than Java through its extensible static type checker. It aims to greatly increase developer productivity with many powerful features but also a concise, familiar and easy to learn syntax.

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