In my experience, I find I can do more with less in the Clojure REPL. Groovy is really way too close to Java to even be notable. If you're just doing Java, then

In my experience, I find I can do more with less in the Clojure REPL. Groovy is really way too close to Java to even be notable. If you're just doing Java, then maybe it's fine as a Java REPL. Groovy advertises itself as being a dynamic language for Java devs who don't want to learn anything.