> it's a lot easier to find a Java developer than it is someone who knows Groovy, Rust, Scala, etc. By mentioning Apache Groovy in the same breath as Cobol, Ja

> it's a lot easier to find a Java developer than it is someone who knows Groovy, Rust, Scala, etc. By mentioning Apache Groovy in the same breath as Cobol, Java, Rust, and Scala, you're comparing apples and oranges. Groovy is to the JVM what bash is to Linux. Groovy is a dynamically-typed language, best used for writing scripts used for glue code, testing, build control, and what not, whereas those others are statically compiled, used for creating actual systems. Although static compilation was added later, virtually no-one uses it.