> I've tried to use many other languages to fill the gap of writing scripts that start as quick one-offs but have the potential to evolve into a more refined pi

> I've tried to use many other languages to fill the gap of writing scripts that start as quick one-offs but have the potential to evolve into a more refined piece of software Groovy is pretty great for this. I have tonnes of things that start off as one liners and end up as full blow JVM (Java/Groovy) applications.