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Groovy vs ReasonML: What are the differences?
What is 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.
What is ReasonML? A friendly programming language for JavaScript and OCaml. It lets you write simple, fast and quality type safe code while leveraging both the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems.It is powerful, safe type inference means you rarely have to annotate types, but everything gets checked for you.
Groovy and ReasonML can be primarily classified as "Languages" tools.
Groovy and ReasonML are both open source tools. It seems that ReasonML with 7.92K GitHub stars and 374 forks on GitHub has more adoption than Groovy with 1.49K GitHub stars and 415 GitHub forks.
Starbucks, PedidosYa, and AgoraPulse are some of the popular companies that use Groovy, whereas ReasonML is used by Instagram, Broadsheet, and NG Informática. Groovy has a broader approval, being mentioned in 104 company stacks & 346 developers stacks; compared to ReasonML, which is listed in 8 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.
Pros of Groovy
- Java platform44
- Much more productive than java33
- Concise and readable29
- Very little code needed for complex tasks28
- Dynamic language22
- Nice dynamic syntax for the jvm13
- Very fast9
- Can work with JSON as an object7
- Easy to setup7
- Supports closures (lambdas)6
- Literal Collections6
- Syntactic sugar3
- Optional static typing3
- Developer Friendly2
Pros of ReasonML
- Pattern Matching4
- Type System3
- React1
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Cons of Groovy
- Groovy Code can be slower than Java Code3
- Absurd syntax1
- Objects cause stateful/heap mess1
Cons of ReasonML
- Bindings1
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