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		Gonzih on Nov 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Groovy, the Python of Java I always though that Groovy was inspired by Ruby.

adamors on Nov 19, 2013 [–]

It was, and it looks/behaves almost like Ruby as well. It also shares Ruby's/Perl's TMTOWTDI, sort of the antithesis of Python.

Not to mention the name is a homophone.

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