> you're getting compile time type checking and near-Java speeds The static compilation added in Groovy 2 is much faster than dynamically-compiled code but is

> you're getting compile time type checking and near-Java speeds The static compilation added in Groovy 2 is much faster than dynamically-compiled code but is still buggy e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14774709/groovy-2-1-0-wei.. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14774709/groovy-2-1-0-wei.... It was written by one developer, and first shipped in Grails only 2 months ago, which doesn't even seem to use the static compilation features (correct me if I'm wrong). Let the Groovy/Grails developers eat their own dogfood first before recommending Groovy's static compilation to others.