> Statically typed Java language pushed as alternative to JRuby and Groovy for building mobile Android apps According to the SpringSource P.M. for Groovy: "Gro

> Statically typed Java language pushed as alternative to JRuby and Groovy for building mobile Android apps According to the SpringSource P.M. for Groovy: "Groovy is not able to run properly on Google's Android mobile platform. A project started porting Groovy to Android, but performance wasn't there (20 secs to startup a simple Hello World)" (http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GSOC/Groovy+Ideas http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GSOC/Groovy+Ideas) Perhaps Scala is the ONLY alternative to Java.