Apache Groovy's perfect for these kind of tasks where it doesn't need to be lightweight. Just don't use it for building actual applications -- build them in a d

Apache Groovy's perfect for these kind of tasks where it doesn't need to be lightweight. Just don't use it for building actual applications -- build them in a decent typed language like Java, Scala, or Kotlin, then use Groovy as a multi-OS version of Bash to automate builds, tests, and runs.