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If you refer to nextflow,the syntax is basically groovy
by bafe 3y ago
If you refer to nextflow,the syntax is basically groovy
- notQuiteEither 3y agoIndeed, it's a fully functional scripting language that is an extension of groovy. So "looks programmery" is more than a little reductive. Edit: functional as in, it's not half-hearted, not functional as in functional programming.
- adolph 3y agoInteresting. From the docs: The Nextflow scripting language is an extension of the Groovy programming language. Groovy is a powerful programming language for the Java virtual machine. The Nextflow syntax has been specialized to ease the writing of computational pipelines in a declarative manner. https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/script.html?highlight=groovy https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/script.html?highlight=gr...
- joysofpi 3y agoIts really just a layer on top that uses the groovy DSL features http://docs.groovy-lang.org/docs/latest/html/documentation/core-domain-specific-languages.html http://docs.groovy-lang.org/docs/latest/html/documentation/c...