Richard Wilkinson’s Blog

Groovy 1.5, first thoughts

Groovy 1.5 was released at the start of the month, so I decided to re-run my speed test to see if it was any faster. Turns out that while it is still much slower than the java version, it is about 25% faster than the groovy 1.0 version.

The other new feature that I love about groovy 1.5 is the much improved groovy console, which is so much better that it can actually be used when you want to test out more than an 3 line script
Another interesting feature is the cross compiler, which can compile Java source code too.

New years resolutions

Since today is the 1st of January, I have decided to start how I mean to go on and actually write in my blog regularly this year.  I haven’t decided how regularly yet but I think once every fortnight should be a good target to aim for.  So see you in two weeks!