People definitely shouldn't overlook Groovy for this kind of scripting. Especially if you are doing anything with the JVM it has the huge advantage of allowing

People definitely shouldn't overlook Groovy for this kind of scripting. Especially if you are doing anything with the JVM it has the huge advantage of allowing you to easily integrate your actual application code into your scripts and call it directly, all while using a scripting language that is more powerful, versatile and cross-platform than other obvious options such as Python.