One of the reasons that I really like the Groovy language as an alternative to Java is that it's features often save you typing (for example getters/setters on

One of the reasons that I really like the Groovy language as an alternative to Java is that it's features often save you typing (for example getters/setters on a POJO) but still allow you to get in and override the default behavior. So it increase productivity, and reduces pain without reducing the expressiveness.